Replication-defective flavivirus vaccines and vaccine vectors

ABSTRACT

This invention provides replication-defective flavivirus vaccines and vaccine vectors, and corresponding compositions and methods.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is the U.S. national stage filing under 35 U.S.C. §371of international application PCT/US2009/001666, filed Mar. 16, 2009,which claims benefit of Provisional Application Nos. 61/069,451, filedMar. 14, 2008 and 61/092,814, filed Aug. 29, 2008.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to replication-defective flavivirus vaccines andvaccine vectors, and corresponding compositions and methods.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Flaviviruses are distributed worldwide and represent a global publichealth problem. Flaviviruses also have a significant impact asveterinary pathogens. Flavivirus pathogens include yellow fever (YF),dengue types 1-4 (DEN1-4), Japanese encephalitis (JE), West Nile (WN),tick-borne encephalitis (TBE), and other viruses from the TBEserocomplex, such as Kyasanur Forest disease (KFD) and Omsk hemorrhagicfever (OHF) viruses. Vaccines against YF [live attenuated vaccine (LAV)strain 17D], JE [inactivated vaccines (INV) and LAV], and TBE (INV) areavailable. No licensed human vaccines are currently available againstDEN and WN. Veterinary vaccines have been in use including, for example,vaccines against WN in horses (INV, recombinant and live chimericvaccines), JE (INV and LAV) to prevent encephalitis in horses andstillbirth in pigs in Asia, louping ill flavivirus (INV) to preventneurologic disease in sheep in the UK, and TBE (INV) used in farmanimals in Czech Republic (INV) (Monath and Heinz, Flaviviruses, inFields et al. Eds., Fields Virology, 3rd Edition, Philadelphia, N.Y.,Lippincott-Raven Publishers, 1996, pp. 961-1034).

Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is the most important tick-borne viraldisease of humans. It is endemic in parts of Europe and Northern Asia,causing more than 10,000 hospitalizations annually, with a case-fatalityrate 0.5-1.5% in Europe and 6-40% in Siberia and the Far East. Asignificant proportion of patients suffer from long-lastingneuropsychiatric sequelae. Inactivated vaccines produced in chick embryocell cultures have proven effective in preventing the disease. Forexample, an 86% vaccination coverage of the Austrian population (thehighest among European countries) has resulted in an approximately 90%reduction of hospitalized cases (Heinz and Kunz, Arch. Virol. Suppl.18:201-205, 2004). The inactivated vaccines are expensive and requirethree inoculations for primary immunization. Periodic boosters (every2-5 years) are required to maintain immunity. Therefore, a less costlyTBE vaccine, which is effective after one-two doses and providesdurable, such as life-long immunity (similar to that achieved by YF 17Dimmunization) is needed, and indeed has been identified by the WHO as amajor priority. Development of TBE LAV candidates in the past severaldecades by means of empirical or rational attenuation of TBE virusparent per se or chimerization of TBE or Langat (LGT, a naturallyattenuated flavivirus that is closely related (serologically) to TBE)viruses with dengue 4 virus has faced difficulties due to problems withresidual virulence of candidates and/or lowimmunogenicity/overattenuation (Wright et al., Vaccine 26:882-890, 2008;Maximova et al., J. Virol. 82:5255-5268, 2008; Rumyantsev et al.,Vaccine 24:133-143, 2006; Kofler et al., Arch. Virol. Suppl. 18:191-200,2004; and references therein).

Flaviviruses are small, enveloped, plus-strand RNA viruses transmittedprimarily by arthropod vectors (mosquitoes or ticks) to natural hosts,which are primarily vertebrate animals, such as various mammals,including humans, and birds. The flavivirus genomic RNA molecule isabout 11,000 nucleotides (nt) in length and encompasses a long openreading frame (ORF) flanked by 5′ and 3′ untranslated terminal regions(UTRs) of about 120 and 500 nucleotides in length, respectively. The ORFencodes a polyprotein precursor that is cleaved co- andpost-translationally to generate individual viral proteins. The proteinsare encoded in the order: C-prM/M-E-NS1-NS2A/2B-NS3-NS4A/4B-NS5, where C(core/capsid), prM/M (pre-membrane/membrane), and E (envelope) are thestructural proteins, i.e., the components of viral particles, and the NSproteins are non-structural proteins, which are involved inintracellular virus replication. Flavivirus replication occurs in thecytoplasm. Upon infection of cells and translation of genomic RNA,processing of the polyprotein starts with translocation of the prMportion of the polyprotein into the lumen of endoplasmic reticulum (ER)of infected cells, followed by translocation of E and NS1 portions, asdirected by the hydrophobic signals for the prM, E, and NS1 proteins.Amino-termini of prM, E, and NS1 proteins are generated by cleavage withcellular signalase, which is located on the luminal side of the ERmembrane, and the resulting individual proteins remaincarboxy-terminally anchored in the membrane. Most of the remainingcleavages, in the nonstructural region, are carried out by the viralNS2B/NS3 serine protease. The viral protease is also responsible forgenerating the C-terminus of the mature C protein found in progenyvirions. Newly synthesized genomic RNA molecules and the C protein forma dense spherical nucleocapsid, which becomes surrounded by cellularmembrane in which the E and prM proteins are embedded. The mature Mprotein is produced by cleavage of prM shortly prior to virus release bycellular furin or a similar protease. E, the major protein of theenvelope, is the principal target for neutralizing antibodies, the maincorrelate of immunity against flavivirus infection. Virus-specificcytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) response is the other key attribute ofimmunity. Multiple CD8+ and CD4+ CTL epitopes have been characterized invarious flavivirus structural and non-structural proteins. In addition,innate immune responses contribute to both virus clearance andregulating the development of adaptive immune responses and immunologicmemory.

In addition to the inactivated (INV) and live-attenuated (LAV) vaccinesagainst flaviviruses discussed above, other vaccine platforms have beendeveloped. One example is based on chimeric flaviviruses that includeyellow fever virus capsid and non-structural sequences and prM-Eproteins from other flaviviruses, to which immunity is sought. Thistechnology has been used to develop vaccine candidates against dengue(DEN), Japanese encephalitis (JE), West Nile (WN), and St. Louisencephalitis (SLE) viruses (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,962,708 and6,696,281). Yellow fever virus-based chimeric flaviviruses have yieldedhighly promising results in clinical trials.

Another flavivirus vaccine platform is based on the use ofpseudoinfectious virus (PIV) technology (Mason et al., Virology351:432-443, 2006; Shustov et al., J. Virol. 21:11737-11748, 2007;Widman et al., Adv. Virus. Res. 72:77-126, 2008; Suzuki et al., J.Virol. 82:6942-6951, 2008; Suzuki et al., J. Virol. 83:1870-1880, 2009;Ishikawa et al., Vaccine 26:2772-2781, 2008; Widman et al., Vaccine26:2762-2771, 2008). PIVs are replication-defective viruses attenuatedby a deletion(s). Unlike live flavivirus vaccines, they undergo a singleround replication in vivo (or optionally limited rounds, fortwo-component constructs; see below), which may provide benefits withrespect to safety. PIVs also do not induce viremia and systemicinfection. Further, unlike inactivated vaccines, PIVs mimic whole virusinfection, which can result in increased efficacy due to the inductionof robust B- and T-cell responses, higher durability of immunity, anddecreased dose requirements. Similar to whole viruses, PIV vaccinestarget antigen-presenting cells, such as dendritic cells, stimulatetoll-like receptors (TLRs), and induce balanced Th1/Th2 immunity. Inaddition, PIV constructs have been shown to grow to high titers insubstrate cells, with little or no cytopathic effect (CPE), allowing forhigh-yield manufacture, optionally employing multiple harvests and/orexpansion of infected substrate cells.

The principles of the PIV technology are illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2.There are two variations of the technology. In the first variation, asingle-component pseudoinfectious virus (s-PIV) is constructed with alarge deletion in the capsid protein (C), rendering mutant virus unableto form infectious viral particles in normal cells (FIG. 1). Thedeletion does not remove the first ˜20 codons of the C protein, whichcontain an RNA cyclization sequence, and a similar number of codons atthe end of C, which encode a viral protease cleavage site and the signalpeptide for prM. The s-PIV can be propagated, e.g., during manufacture,in substrate (helper) cell cultures in which the C protein is suppliedin trans, e.g., in stably transfected cells producing the C protein (ora larger helper cassette including C protein), or in cells containing analphavirus replicon [e.g., a Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEE)replicon] expressing the C protein or another intracellular expressionvector expressing the C protein. Following inoculation in vivo, e.g.,after immunization, the PIV undergoes a single round of replication ininfected cells in the absence of trans-complementation of the deletion,without spread to surrounding cells. The infected cells produce emptyvirus-like particles (VLPs), which are the product of the prM-E genes inthe PIV, resulting in the induction of neutralizing antibody response. AT-cell response should also be induced via MHCI presentation of viralepitopes. This approach has been applied to YF 17D virus and WN virusesand WN/JE and WN/DEN2 chimeric viruses (Mason et al., Virology351:432-443, 2006; Suzuki et al., J. Virol. 83:1870-1880, 2009; Ishikawaet al., Vaccine 26:2772-2781, 2008; Widman et al., Vaccine 26:2762-2771,2008; WO 2007/098267; WO 2008/137163).

In the second variation, a two-component PIV (d-PIV) is constructed(FIG. 2). Substrate cells are transfected with two defective viral RNAs,one with a deletion in the C gene and another lacking the prM-E envelopeprotein genes. The two defective genomes complement each other,resulting in accumulation of two types of PIVs in the cell culturemedium (Shustov et al., J. Virol. 21:11737-11748, 2007; Suzuki et al.,J. Virol. 82:6942-6951, 2008). Optionally, the two PIVs can bemanufactured separately in appropriate helper cell lines and then mixedin a two-component formulation. The latter may offer an advantage ofadjusting relative concentrations of the two components, increasingimmunogenicity and efficacy. This type of PIV vaccine should be able toundergo a limited spread in vivo due to coinfection of some cells at thesite of inoculation with both components. The spread is expected to beself-limiting as there are more cells in tissues than viral particlesproduced by initially coinfected cells. In addition, a relatively highMOI is necessary for efficient co-infection, and cells outside of theinoculation site are not expected to be efficiently coinfected (e.g., indraining lymph nodes). Cells infected with the ΔC PIV alone produce thehighly immunogenic VLPs. Coinfected cells produce the two types ofpackaged defective viral particles, which also stimulate neutralizingantibodies. The limited infection is expected to result in a strongerneutralizing antibody response and T-cell response compared to s-PIVs.To decrease chances of recombination during manufacture or in vivo,including with circulating flaviviruses, viral sequences can be modifiedin both s-PIVs and d-PIVs using, e.g., synonymous codon replacements, toreduce nucleotide sequence homologies, and mutating the complementarycyclization 5′ and 3′ elements.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The invention provides replication-deficient or defectivepseudoinfectious flaviviruses including a flavivirus genome thatincludes (i) one or more deletions or mutations in nucleotide sequencesencoding one or more proteins selected from the group consisting ofcapsid (C), pre-membrane (prM), envelope (E), non-structural protein 1(NS1), non-structural protein 3 (NS3), and non-structural protein 5(NS5), and (ii) sequences encoding one or more heterologous pathogen,cancer, or allergy-related immunogens. For example, thedeletion/mutation can be within capsid (C) sequences; pre-membrane (prM)and/or envelope (E) sequences; capsid (C), pre-membrane (prM), andenvelope (E) sequences; or non-structural protein 1 (NS1) sequences.

The heterologous immunogen can be, for example, from a pathogen selectedfrom the group consisting of a rabies virus (e.g., a rabies virus Gprotein epitope), Borrelia burgdorferi (e.g., OspA immunogen or animmunogenic fragment thereof), a tick (e.g., a tick saliva proteinselected from the group consisting of 64TRP, Isac, and Salp20, or animmunogenic fragment thereof), an influenza virus (e.g., an influenzavirus M2, hemaglutinnin (HA), or neuraminidase (NA) epitope, or animmunogenic fragment thereof), a human immunodeficiency virus (e.g., acodon-optimized HIV gag, tat/nef, or gp120 protein, or an immunogenicfragment thereof), a simian immunodeficiency virus, a human papillomavirus (e.g., an HPV16 or HPV18 capsid protein L1 or L2, or animmunogenic fragment thereof), a respiratory syncytial virus (e.g., arespiratory syncytial virus F or G glycoprotein), malaria parasite, andMycobacterium tuberculosis (also see below).

The replication-deficient pseudoinfectious flaviviruses can includesequences encoding a pre-membrane (prM) and/or envelope (E) protein.Further, the replication-deficient pseudoinfectious flavivirus genomescan be selected from those of yellow fever virus, West Nile virus,tick-borne encephalitis virus, Langat virus, Japanese encephalitisvirus, dengue virus, and St. Louis encephalitis virus, attenuatedstrains thereof, and chimeras thereof (also see below). In variousexamples, the chimeras include pre-membrane (prM) and envelope (E)sequences of a first flavivirus (e.g., a tick-borne encephalitis virusor a Langat virus), and capsid (C) and non-structural sequences of asecond, different flavivirus (e.g., a yellow fever, a West Nile, orLangat virus).

The replication-deficient pseudoinfectious flavivirus genomes can bepackaged in particles including pre-membrane (prM) and envelope (E)sequences from a flavivirus that is the same or different from that ofthe genomes. Further, the sequences encoding the heterologous immunogenscan be inserted in the place of, or in combination with, the deletion(s)or mutation(s) of the one or more proteins.

The sequences encoding the heterologous immunogens can be inserted inthe flavivirus genomes within sequences encoding the envelope (E)protein, within sequences encoding the non-structural 1 (NS1) protein,within sequences encoding the pre-membrane (prM) protein, intergenicallybetween sequences encoding the envelope (E) protein and non-structuralprotein 1 (NS1), intergenically between non-structural protein 2B (NS2B)and non-structural protein 3 (NS3), and/or as a bicistronic insertion inthe 3′ untranslated region of the flavivirus genome.

The invention also includes compositions including a firstreplication-deficient pseudoinfectious flavivirus, as described above,and a second (or further), different replication-deficientpseudoinfectious flavivirus including a genome that includes one or moredeletions or mutations in nucleotide sequences encoding one or moreproteins selected from the group consisting of capsid (C), pre-membrane(prM), envelope (E), non-structural protein 1 (NS1), non-structuralprotein 3 (NS3), and non-structural protein 5 (NS5). In thesecompositions, the one or more proteins encoded by the sequences in whichthe deletion(s) or mutation(s) occur in the second, differentreplication-deficient pseudoinfectious flavivirus are different from theone or more proteins encoded by the sequences in which the deletion(s)occur in the first replication-deficient pseudoinfectious flavivirus.

The invention further includes methods of inducing immune responses toan immunogen in a subject, which involves administering to the subjectone or more replication-deficient pseudoinfectious flavivirus and/orcomposition as described herein to the subject. In various examples, thesubject is at risk of but does not have an infection by the pathogen ora disease or condition associated with the cancer or allergy-relatedimmunogen. In other examples, the subject has an infection by thepathogen or a disease or condition associated with the cancer orallergy-related immunogen. The invention thus includes prophylactic andtherapeutic methods. In these methods, the immunogen can be from, forexample, a pathogen selected from the group consisting of a rabiesvirus, Borrelia burgdorferi, a tick, an influenza virus, a humanimmunodeficiency virus, a simian immunodeficiency virus, a humanpapilloma virus, a respiratory syncytial virus, malaria parasite, andMycobacterium tuberculosis (also see below). Further, the methods can befor inducing an immune response against a protein encoded by theflavivirus genome, in addition to the source of the immunogen. Invarious examples, the subject is at risk of but does not have aninfection by the flavivirus corresponding to the genome of thepseudoinfectious flavivirus, which includes sequences encoding aflavivirus pre-membrane and/or envelope protein. In other examples, thesubject has an infection by the flavivirus corresponding to the genomeof the pseudoinfectious flavivirus, which includes sequences encoding aflavivirus pre-membrane and/or envelope protein.

The invention also includes live, attenuated chimeric flavivirusesincluding a yellow fever virus in which sequences encoding pre-membraneand envelope proteins are replaced with sequences encoding pre-membraneand envelope proteins of a tick-borne encephalitis virus or a Langatvirus, and the signal sequence between the capsid and pre-membraneproteins of the chimeric flavivirus includes a hybrid of yellow fevervirus and tick-borne encephalitis or Langat virus capsid/pre-membranesignal sequences, or a variant thereof. In various examples, thecapsid/pre-membrane signal sequence of the chimeric flavivirus includesyellow fever virus sequences in the amino terminal region and tick-borneencephalitis or Langat virus sequences in the carboxy terminal region(see below).

Further, the invention includes live, attenuated chimeric flavivirusesincluding a West Nile virus in which sequences encoding pre-membrane andenvelope proteins are replaced with sequences encoding pre-membrane andenvelope proteins of a tick-borne encephalitis or a Langat virus, andthe signal sequence between the capsid and pre-membrane proteins of thechimeric flavivirus includes a tick-borne encephalitis or a Langat viruscapsid/pre-membrane signal sequence, or a variant thereof.

The invention also includes pharmaceutical compositions including one ormore pseudoinfectious flavivirus, composition, or live, attenuatedflavivirus as described herein, and a pharmaceutically acceptablecarrier or diluent. Further, the compositions can include an adjuvant.

Also included in the invention are replication-deficientpseudoinfectious flaviviruses including a flavivirus genome includingone or more deletion(s) or mutation(s) in nucleotide sequences encodingnon-structural protein 1 (NS1), non-structural protein 3 (NS3), ornon-structural protein 5 (NS5).

Further, the invention includes nucleic acid molecules corresponding tothe genome of a pseudoinfectious flavivirus, or the genome the live,attenuated flavivirus, as described herein, and complements thereof.

The invention also provides methods of making replication-deficientpseudoinfectious flaviviruses as described herein, involving introducingone or more nucleic acid molecules, as described above, into a cell thatexpresses the protein(s) corresponding to any sequences deleted from theflavivirus genome of the replication-deficient pseudoinfectiousflaviviruses. In these methods, the protein can be expressed in the cellfrom the genome of a second (or further), different,replication-deficient pseudoinfectious flavivirus. In other examples,the protein is expressed from a replicon (e.g., an alphavirus replicon,such as a Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis virus replicon; see below).

The invention also includes compositions containing two or morereplication-deficient pseudoinfectious flaviviruses, in which two of thereplication-deficient pseudoinfectious flaviviruses are selected fromthe groups consisting of: (a) a replication-deficient pseudoinfectiousflavivirus including a genome containing Japanese encephalitis virussequences, and a replication-deficient pseudoinfectious flavivirusincluding a genome containing dengue virus sequences; (b) areplication-deficient pseudoinfectious flavivirus including a genomecontaining yellow fever virus sequences, and a replication-deficientpseudoinfectious flavivirus including a genome containing dengue virussequences; and (c) a replication-deficient pseudoinfectious flavivirusincluding a genome containing tick-borne encephalitis or Langat virussequences and an inserted sequence encoding a Borrelia burgdorferiimmunogen, and a replication-deficient pseudoinfectious flavivirusincluding a genome containing tick-borne encephalitis or Langat virussequences and an inserted sequence encoding a tick saliva proteinimmunogen, or a replication-deficient pseudoinfectious flavivirusincluding a genome containing tick-borne encephalitis or Langat virussequences and inserted sequences encoding a Borrelia burgdorferiimmunogen and a tick saliva protein immunogen.

Pharmaceutical compositions including the live, attenuated chimericflaviviruses described herein are also included in the invention.Further, the invention includes methods of inducing an immune responseto tick-borne encephalitis virus or Langat virus in a subject, involvingadministering to the subject such a pharmaceutical composition. Invarious examples, the subject does not have but is at risk of developinginfection by tick-borne encephalitis virus or Langat virus. In otherexamples, the subject is infected with tick-borne encephalitis virus orLangat virus.

The invention further includes replication-deficient pseudoinfectiousflaviviruses including a flavivirus genome including one or moredeletions or mutations in nucleotide sequences encoding one or moreproteins selected from the group consisting of capsid (C), pre-membrane(prM), envelope (E), non-structural protein 1 (NS1), non-structuralprotein 3 (NS3), and non-structural protein 5 (NS5), wherein theflavivirus genome includes yellow fever virus sequences in whichsequences encoding pre-membrane and envelope proteins are replaced withsequences encoding pre-membrane and envelope proteins of a tick-borneencephalitis virus or a Langat virus, and sequences encoding the signalsequence between the capsid and pre-membrane proteins of the flavivirusgenome include a hybrid of sequences encoding yellow fever virus andtick-borne encephalitis or Langat virus capsid/pre-membrane signalsequences, or a variant thereof. In various examples, the sequencesencoding the capsid/pre-membrane signal sequence of the flavivirusgenome include yellow fever virus sequences in the 5′ region andtick-borne encephalitis or Langat virus sequences in the 3′ region.

Further, the invention includes replication-deficient pseudoinfectiousflaviviruses including a flavivirus genome including one or moredeletions or mutations in nucleotide sequences encoding one or moreproteins selected from the group consisting of capsid (C), pre-membrane(prM), envelope (E), non-structural protein 1 (NS1), non-structuralprotein 3 (NS3), and non-structural protein 5 (NS5), wherein theflavivirus genome includes West Nile virus sequences in which sequencesencoding pre-membrane and envelope proteins are replaced with sequencesencoding pre-membrane and envelope proteins of a tick-borne encephalitisor a Langat virus, and the sequences encoding the signal sequencebetween the capsid and pre-membrane proteins of the flavivirus genomeinclude sequences encoding a tick-borne encephalitis or a Langat viruscapsid/pre-membrane signal sequence, or a variant thereof.

In addition, the invention includes replication-deficientpseudoinfectious flaviviruses including a flavivirus genome includingone or more deletions or mutations in nucleotide sequences encoding oneor more proteins selected from the group consisting of capsid (C),pre-membrane (prM), envelope (E), non-structural protein 1 (NS1),non-structural protein 3 (NS3), and non-structural protein 5 (NS5),wherein any capsid (C) and non-structural (NS) proteins in theflavivirus genome are from Langat virus and any pre-membrane (prM) andenvelope (E) proteins are from a tick-borne encephalitis virus.

By “replication-deficient pseudoinfectious flavivirus” or “PIV” is meanta flavivirus that is replication-deficient due to a deletion or mutationin the flavivirus genome. The deletion or mutation can be, for example,a deletion of a large sequence, such as most of the capsid protein, asdescribed herein (with the cyclization sequence remaining; see below).In other examples, sequences encoding different proteins (e.g., prM, E,NS1, NS3, and/or NS5; see below) or combinations of proteins (e.g.,prM-E or C-prM-E) are deleted. This type of deletion may be advantageousif the PIV is to be used a vector to deliver a heterologous immunogen,as the deletion can permit insertion of sequences that may be, forexample, at least up to the size of the deleted sequence. In otherexamples, the mutation can be, for example, a point mutation, providedthat it results in replication deficiency, as discussed above. Becauseof the deletion or mutation, the genome does not encode all proteinsnecessary to produce a full flavivirus particle. The missing sequencescan be provided in trans by a complementing cell line that is engineeredto express the missing sequence (e.g., by use of a replicon; s-PIV; seebelow), or by co-expression of two replication-deficient genomes in thesame cell, where the two replication-deficient genomes, when consideredtogether, encode all proteins necessary for production (d-PIV system;see below).

Upon introduction into cells that do not express complementing proteins,the genomes replicate and, in some instances, generate “virus-likeparticles,” which are released from the cells and are able to leave thecells and be immunogenic, but cannot infect other cells and lead to thegeneration of further particles. For example, in the case of a PIVincluding a deletion in capsid protein encoding sequences, afterinfection of cells that do not express capsid, VLPs including prM-Eproteins are released from the cells. Because of the lack of capsidprotein, the VLPs lack capsid and a nucleic acid genome. In the case ofthe d-PIV approach, production of further PIVs is possible in cells thatare infected with two PIVs that complement each other with respect tothe production of all required proteins (see below).

The invention provides several advantages. For example, the PIV vectorsand PIVs of the invention are highly attenuated and highly efficaciousafter one-to-two doses, providing durable immunity. Further, unlikeinactivated vaccines, PIVs mimic whole virus infection, which can resultin increased efficacy due to the induction of robust B- and T-cellresponses, higher durability of immunity, and decreased doserequirements. In addition, similar to whole viruses, PIV vaccines targetantigen-presenting cells, such as dendritic cells, stimulate toll-likereceptors (TLRs), and induce balanced Th1/Th2 immunity. PIV constructshave also been shown to grow to high titers in substrate cells, withlittle or no CPE, allowing for high-yield manufacture, optionallyemploying multiple harvests and/or expansion of infected substratecells. Further, the PIV vectors of the invention provide an option fordeveloping vaccines against non-flavivirus pathogens for which novaccines are currently available.

Other features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from thefollowing detailed description, the drawings, and the claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of single component PIV (s-PIV)technology.

FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of two-component PIV (d-PIV)technology.

FIG. 3 is a schematic illustration of a general experimental design fortesting immunogenicity and efficacy of PIVs in mice.

FIG. 4 is a graph comparing the humoral immune response induced byPIV-WN (RV-WN) with that of YF/WN LAV (CV-WN) in mice.

FIG. 5 is a series of graphs showing the results of challenging hamstersimmunized with PIV-YF (RV-YF), YF17D, PIV-WN (RV-WN), and YF/WN LAV(CVWN) with hamster-adapted Asibi (PIV-YF and YF17D vaccinees) and wildtype WN-NY99 (PIV-WN and YF/WN LAV vaccinees).

FIG. 6 is a table showing YF/TBE and YF/LGT virus titers and plaquemorphology obtained with the indicated chimeric flaviviruses.

FIG. 7 is a table showing WN/TBE PIV titers and examples ofimmunofluorescence of cells containing the indicated PIVs.

FIG. 8 is a set of graphs showing the replication kinetics of YF/TBE LAVand PIV-WN/TBE in Vero and BHK cell lines (CV-Hypr=YF/Hypr LAV;CV-LGT=YF/LGT LAV; RV-WN/TBEV=PIV-WN/TBEV).

FIG. 9 is a series of graphs showing survival of mice inoculated IC withPIV-TBE and YF/TBE LAV constructs in a neurovirulence test (3.5 week oldICR mice; RV-WN/Hypr=PIV-WN/TBE(Hypr); CV-Hypr+YF/TBE(Hypr) LAV;CV-LGT=YF/LGT LAV).

FIG. 10 is a graph showing survival of mice inoculated IP withPIV-WN/TBE(Hypr) (RV-WN/Hypr), YF/TBE(Hypr) LAV (CV-Hypr), and YF/LGTLAV (CV-LGT) constructs and YF17D in a neuroinvasiveness test (3.5 weekold ICR mice).

FIG. 11 is a series of graphs illustrating morbidity in mice measured bydynamics of body weight loss after TBE virus challenge, for groupsimmunized with S-PIV-TBE candidates (upper left panel), YF/TBE andYF/LGT chimeric viruses (upper right panel), and controls (YF 17D, humankilled TBE vaccine, and mock; bottom panel).

FIG. 12 is a schematic representation of PIV constructs expressingrabies virus G protein, as well as illustration of packaging of theconstructs to make pseudoinfectious virus and immunization.

FIG. 13 is a schematic representation of insertion designs resulting inviable/expressing constructs (exemplified by rabies G).

FIG. 14 is series of images showing immunofluorescence analysis andgraphs showing growth curves of cells transfected with the indicatedPIV-WN constructs (ΔC-Rabies G, ΔPrM-E-Rabies G, and ΔC-PrM-E-Rabies G).

FIG. 15 is a series of images showing immunofluorescence analysis ofRabG expressed on the plasma membranes of Vero cells transfected withthe indicated PIV constructs (ΔC-Rabies G, ΔPrM-E-Rabies G, andΔC-PrM-E-Rabies G).

FIG. 16 is a schematic illustration of a PIV-WN-rabies G construct and aseries of images showing that this construct spreads in helper cells,but not in naïve cells.

FIG. 17 is a series of graphs showing stability of the rabies G proteingene in PIV-WN vectors.

FIG. 18 is a set of images showing a comparison of spread ofsingle-component vs. two-component PIV-WN-rabies G variants in Verocells.

FIG. 19 is a set of immunofluorescence images showing expression offull-length RSV F protein (strain A2) by the ΔprM-E component ofd-PIV-WN in helper cells after transfection.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The invention provides replication-defective or deficientpseudoinfectious virus (PIV) vectors including flavivirus sequences,which can be used in methods for inducing immunity against heterologouspathogen, cancer, and allergy-related immunogens inserted into thevectors as well as, optionally, the vectors themselves. The inventionalso includes compositions including combinations of PIVs and/or PIVvectors, as described herein, and methods of using such compositions toinduce immune responses against inserted immunogen sequences and/orsequences of the PIVs themselves. Further, the invention includesparticular PIVs and live, attenuated chimeric flaviviruses includingtick-borne encephalitis virus sequences, and related vectors,compositions, and methods of use. The PIV vectors, PIVs, live attenuatedchimeric flaviviruses, compositions, and methods of the invention aredescribed further below.

PIV Vectors and PIVs

The PIV vectors and PIVs of the invention can be based on the single- ortwo-component PIVs described above (also see WO 2007/098267 and WO2008/137163). Thus, for example, in the case of single component PIVs,the PIV vectors and PIVs can include a genome including a large deletionin capsid protein encoding sequences and be produced in a complementingcell line that produces capsid protein in trans (single component; FIG.1 and FIG. 12). According to this approach, most of the capsid-encodingregion is deleted, which prevents the PIV genome from producinginfectious progeny in normal cell lines (i.e., cell lines not expressingcapsid sequences) and vaccinated subjects. The capsid deletion typicallydoes not disrupt RNA sequences required for genome cyclization (i.e.,the sequence encoding amino acids in the region of positions 1-26),and/or the prM sequence required for maturation of prM to M. In specificexamples, the deleted sequences correspond to those encoding amino acids26-100, 26-93, 31-100, or 31-93 of the C protein.

Single component PIV vectors and PIVs can be propagated in cell linesthat express either C or a C-prM-E cassette, where they replicate tohigh levels. Exemplary cell lines that can be used for expression ofsingle component PIV vectors and PIVs include BHK-21 (e.g., ATCCCCL-10), Vero (e.g., ATCC CCL-81), C7/10, and other cells of vertebrateor mosquito origin. The C or C-prM-E cassette can be expressed in suchcells by use of a viral vector-derived replicon, such as an alphavirusreplicon (e.g., a replicon based on Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis virus(VEEV), Sindbis virus, Semliki Forest virus (SFV), Eastern EquineEncephalitis virus (EEEV), Western Equine Encephalitis virus (WEEV), orRoss River virus). To decrease the possibility of productiverecombination between the PIV vectors/PIVs and complementing sequences,the sequences in the replicons (encoding C, prM, and/or E) can includenucleotide mutations. For example, sequences encoding a complementing Cprotein can include an unnatural cyclization sequence. The mutations canresult from codon optimization, which can provide an additional benefitwith respect to PIV yield. Further, in the case of complementing cellsexpressing C protein sequences (and not a C-prM-E cassette), it may bebeneficial to include an anchoring sequence at the carboxy terminus ofthe C protein including, for example, about 20 amino acids of prM (see,e.g., WO 2007/098267).

The PIV vectors and PIVs of the invention can also be based on thetwo-component genome technology described above. This technology employstwo partial genome constructs, each of which is deficient in expressionof at least one protein required for productive replication (capsid orprM/E) but, when present in the same cell, result in the production ofall components necessary to make a PIV. Thus, in one example of thetwo-component genome technology, the first component includes a largedeletion of C, as described above in reference to single component PIVs,and the second component includes a deletion of prM and E (FIG. 2 andFIG. 12). In another example, the first component includes a deletion ofC, prM, and E, and the second component includes a deletion of NS1 (FIG.12). Both components can include cis-acting promoter elements requiredfor RNA replication and a complete set of non-structural proteins, whichform the replicative enzyme complex. Thus, both defective genomes caninclude a 5′-untranslated region and at least about 60 nucleotides(Element 1) of the following, natural protein-coding sequence, whichcomprises an amino-terminal fragment of the capsid protein. Thissequence can be followed by a protease cleavage sequence such as, forexample, a ubiquitine or foot-and-mouth disease virus (FAMDV)-specific2A protease sequence, which can be fused with either capsid or envelope(prM-E) coding sequences. Further, artificial, codon optimized sequencescan be used to exclude the possibility of recombination between the twodefective viral genomes, which could lead to formation ofreplication-competent viruses (see, e.g., WO 2008/137163). Use of thetwo-component genome approach does not require the development of celllines expressing complementing genomes, such as the cells transformedwith replicons, as discussed above in reference to the single componentPIV approach. Exemplary cell lines that can be used in the two-componentgenome approach include Vero (e.g., ATCC CCL-81), BHK-21 (e.g., ATCCCCL-10), C7/10, and other cells of vertebrate or mosquito origin.

Additional examples of d-PIV approaches that can be used in theinvention are based on use of complementing genomes including deletionsin NS3 or NS5 sequences. A deletion in, e.g., NS1, NS3, or NS5 proteinscan be used as long as several hundred amino acids in the ORF, removingthe entire chosen protein sequence, or as short as 1 amino acidinactivating protein enzymatic activity (e.g., NS5 RNA polymeraseactivity, NS3 helicase activity, etc.). Alternatively, point amino acidchanges (as few as 1 amino acid mutation, or optionally more mutations)can be introduced into any NS protein, inactivating enzymatic activity.In addition, several ANS deletions can be combined in one helpermolecule. The same heterologous gene, i.e., expressed by the first d-PIVcomponent, can be expressed in place or in combination with the NSdeletion(s) in the second component, increasing the amount of expressedimmunogen. Notably, the insertion capacity of the helper will increaseproportionally to the size of NS deletion(s). Alternatively, a differentforeign immunogen(s) can be inserted in place of deletion(s) of thehelper to produce multivalent vaccines.

Further, additional approaches that can be used in making PIV vectorsand PIVs for use in the present invention are described, for example, inWO 99/28487, WO 03/046189, WO 2004/108936, US 2004/0265338, US2007/0249032, and U.S. Pat. No. 7,332,322.

The PIV vectors and PIVs of the invention can be comprised of sequencesfrom a single flavivirus type (e.g., tick-borne encephalitis (TBE, e.g.,strain Hypr), Langat (LGT), yellow fever (e.g., YF17D), West Nile,Japanese encephalitis, dengue (serotype 1-4), St. Louis encephalitis,Kunjin, Rocio encephalitis, Ilheus, Central European encephalitis,Siberian encephalitis, Russian Spring-Summer encephalitis, KyasanurForest Disease, Omsk Hemorrhagic fever, Louping ill, Powassan, Negishi,Absettarov, Hansalova, and Apoi viruses), or can comprise sequences fromtwo or more different flaviviruses. Sequences of some strains of theseviruses are readily available from generally accessible sequencedatabases; sequences of other strains can be easily determined bymethods well known in the art. In the case of PIV vectors and PIVsincluding sequences of more than one flavivirus, the sequences can bethose of a chimeric flavivirus, as described above (also see, e.g., U.S.Pat. No. 6,962,708; U.S. Pat. No. 6,696,281; and U.S. Pat. No.6,184,024). In certain examples, the chimeras include pre-membrane andenvelope sequences from one flavivirus (such as a flavivirus to whichimmunity may be desired), and capsid and non-structural sequences from asecond, different flavivirus. In one specific example, the secondflavivirus is a yellow fever virus, such as the vaccine strain YF17D.Other examples include the YF/TBE, YF/LGT, WN/TBE, and WN/LGT chimerasdescribed below. Another example is an LGT/TBE chimera based on LGTvirus backbone containing TBE virus prM-E proteins. A PIV vaccine basedon this genetic background would have an advantage, because LGTreplicates very efficiently in vitro and is highly attenuated andimmunogenic for humans. Thus, a chimeric LGT/TBE PIV vaccine is expectedto provide a robust specific immune response in humans against TBE,particularly due to inclusion of TBE prM-E genes.

Vectors of the invention can be based on PIV constructs or live,attenuated chimeric flaviviruses as described herein (in particular,YF/TBE, YF/LGT, WN/TBE, and WN/LGT; see below). Use of PIV constructs asvectors provides particular advantages in certain circumstances, becausethese constructs by necessity include large deletions, which render theconstructs more amenable to accommodation of insertions that are atleast up to the size of the deleted sequences, without there being aloss in replication efficiency. Thus, PIV vectors in general cancomprise very small insertions (e.g., in the range 6-10, 11-20, 21-100,101-500, or more amino acid residues combined with the ΔC deletion orother deletions), as well as relatively large insertions or insertionsof intermediate size (e.g., in the range 501-1000, 1001-1700, 1701-3000,or 3001-4000 or more residues). In contrast, in certain examples, it maybe advantageous to express relatively short sequences in live attenuatedviruses, particularly if the insertions are made in the absence of acorresponding deletion. Additional information concerning insertionsites that can be used in the invention is provided below. In addition,as discussed further below, expression of non-flavivirus immunogens inPIVs and chimeric flaviviruses of the invention can result in dualvaccines that elicit protective immunity against both a flavivirusvector virus pathogen and a target heterologous immunogen (e.g., apathogen (such as a bacterial, viral, parasite, or fungal pathogen),cancer, or allergy-related immunogen).

As discussed above, the PIV vectors and PIVs of the invention cancomprise sequences of chimeric flaviviruses, for example, chimericflaviviruses including pre-membrane and envelope sequences of a firstflavivirus (e.g., a flavivirus to which immunity is sought), and capsidand non-structural sequences of a second, different flavivirus, such asa yellow fever virus (e.g., YF17D; see above and also U.S. Pat. No.6,962,708; U.S. Pat. No. 6,696,281; and U.S. Pat. No. 6,184,024).Further, chimeric flaviviruses of the invention, used as a source forconstructing PIVs, or as vaccines/vaccine vectors per se, can optionallyinclude one or more specific attenuating mutations (e.g., E proteinmutations, prM protein mutations, deletions in the C protein, and/ordeletions in the 3′UTR), such as any of those described in WO2006/116182. For example, the C protein or 3′UTR deletions can bedirectly applied to YF/TBE or YF/LGT chimeras. Similar deletions can bedesigned and introduced in other chimeric LAV candidates such as basedon LGT/TBE, WN/TBE, and WN/LGT genomes. With respect to E proteinmutations, attenuating mutations similar to those described for YF/WNchimera in WO 2006/116182 can be designed, e.g., based on the knowledgeof crystal structure of the E protein (Rey et al., Nature375(6529):291-298, 1995), and employed. Further, additional examples ofattenuating E protein mutations described for TBE virus and otherflaviviruses are provided in Table 9. These can be similarly introducedinto chimeric vaccine candidates.

The invention also provides new, particular chimeric flaviviruses, whichcan be used as a basis for the design of PIV vectors and PIVs, as liveattenuated chimeric flavivirus vectors, and as vaccines against thesource(s) of the pre-membrane and envelope components of the chimeras.These chimeras include tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus or relatedprM-E sequences. Thus, the chimeras can include prM-E sequences from,for example, the Hypr strain of TBE or Langat (LGT) virus. Capsid andnon-structural proteins of the chimeras can include those from yellowfever virus (e.g., YF17D) or West Nile virus (e.g., NY99).

A central feature of these exemplary YF/TBE, YF/LGT, WN/TBE, and WN/LGTchimeras is the signal sequence between the capsid and prM proteins. Asis shown in the Examples, below, we have found that, in the case ofYF-based PIV chimeras, it is advantageous to use a signal sequencecomprising yellow fever and TBE sequences (see below). In one example,the signal sequence includes yellow fever sequences in the aminoterminal region (e.g., SHDVLTVQFLIL) and TBE sequences in the carboxyterminal region (e.g., GMLGMTIA), resulting in the sequenceSHDVLTVQFLILGMLGMTIA. We have also found that, in the case of WN-basedPIV chimeras, it is advantageous to use a signal sequence comprising TBEsequences (e.g., GGTDWMSWLLVIGMLGMTIA). The invention thus includesYF/TBE, YF/LGT, WN/TBE, and WN/LGT chimeras, both PIVs and LAVs, whichinclude the above-noted signal sequences, or variants thereof having,e.g., 1-8, 2-7, 3-6, or 4-5 amino acid substitutions, deletions, orinsertions, which do not substantially interfere with processing at thesignal sequence. In various examples, the substitutions are“conservative substitutions,” which are characterized by replacement ofone amino acid residue with another, biologically similar residue.Examples of conservative substitutions include the substitution of onehydrophobic residue such as isoleucine, valine, leucine, or methioninefor another, or the substitution of one polar residue for another, suchas between arginine and lysine, between glutamic and aspartic acids, orbetween glutamine and asparagine and the like. Additional informationconcerning these chimeras is provided below, in the Examples.

Insertion Sites

Sequences encoding immunogens can be inserted at one or more differentsites within the vectors of the invention. Relatively short peptides canbe delivered on the surface of PIV or LAV glycoproteins (e.g., prM, E,and/or NS1 proteins) and/or in the context of other proteins (to inducepredominantly B-cell and T-cell responses, respectively). Other inserts,including larger portions of foreign proteins, as well as completeproteins, can be expressed intergenically, at the N- and C-termini ofthe polyprotein, or bicistronically (e.g., within the ORF under an IRESor in the 3′UTR under an IRES; see, e.g., WO 02/102828, WO 2008/036146,WO 2008/094674, WO 2008/100464, WO 2008/115314, and below for furtherdetails). In PIV constructs, there is an additional option of insertinga foreign amino acid sequence directly in place of introduceddeletion(s). Insertions can be made in, for example, ΔC, ΔprM-E,ΔC-prM-E, ΔNS1, ΔNS3, and ΔNS5. Thus, in one example, in the case ofs-PIVs and the ΔC component of d-PIVs, immunogen-encoding sequences canbe inserted in place of deleted capsid sequences. Immunogen-encodingsequences can also, optionally, be inserted in place of deleted prM-Esequences in the ΔprM-E component of d-PIVs. In another example, thesequences are inserted in place of or combined with deleted sequences inΔC-prM-E constructs. Examples of such insertions are provided in theExamples section, below.

In the case of making insertions into PIV deletions, the insertions canbe made with a few (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5) additional vector-specificresidues at the N- and/or C-termini of the foreign immunogen, if thesequence is simply fused in-frame (e.g., ˜20 first a.a. and a few lastresidues of the C protein if the sequence replaces the ΔC deletion), orwithout, if the foreign immunogen is flanked by appropriate elementswell known in the field (e.g., viral protease cleavage sites; cellularprotease cleavage sites, such as signalase, furin, etc.; autoprotease;termination codon; and/or IRES elements).

If a protein is expressed outside of the continuous viral open readingframe (ORF), e.g., if vector and non-vector sequences are separated byan internal ribosome entry site (IRES), cytoplasmic expression of theproduct can be achieved or the product can be directed towards thesecretory pathway by using appropriate signal/anchor segments, asdesired. If the protein is expressed within the vector ORF, importantconsiderations include cleavage of the foreign protein from the nascentpolyprotein sequence, and maintaining correct topology of the foreignprotein and all viral proteins (to ensure vector viability) relative tothe ER membrane, e.g., translocation of secreted proteins into the ERlumen, or keeping cytoplasmic proteins or membrane-associated proteinsin the cytoplasm/in association with the ER membrane.

In more detail, the above-described approaches to making insertions canemploy the use of, for instance, appropriate vector-derived,insert-derived, or unrelated signal and anchor sequencess included atthe N and C termini of glycoprotein inserts. Standard autoproteases,such as FMDV 2A autoprotease (˜20 amino acids) or ubiquitin (gene ˜500nt), or flanking viral NS2B/NS3 protease cleavage sites can be used todirect cleavage of an expressed product from a growing polypeptidechain, to release a foreign protein from a vector polyprotein, and toensure viability of the construct. Optionally, growth of the polyproteinchain can be terminated by using a termination codon, e.g., following aforeign gene insert, and synthesis of the remaining proteins in theconstructs can be re-initiated by incorporation of an IRES element,e.g., the encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) IRES commonly used in thefield of RNA virus vectors. Viable recombinants can be recovered fromhelper cells (or regular cells for d-PIV versions). Optionally, backbonePIV sequences can be rearranged, e.g., if the latter results in moreefficient expression of a foreign gene. For example, a generearrangement has been applied to TBE virus, in which the prM-E geneswere moved to the 3′ end of the genome under the control of an IRES(Orlinger et al., J. Virol. 80:12197-12208, 2006). Translocation ofprM-E or any other genes can be applied to PIV flavivirus vaccinecandidates and expression vectors, according to the invention.

Additional details concerning different insertion sites that can be usedin the invention are as follows (also see WO 02/102828, WO 2008/036146,WO 2008/094674, WO 2008/100464, WO 2008/115314, as noted above). Peptidesequences can be inserted within the envelope protein, which is theprinciple target for neutralizing antibodies. The sequences can beinserted into the envelope in, for example, positions corresponding toamino acid positions 59, 207, 231, 277, 287, 340, and/or 436 of theJapanese encephalitis virus envelope protein (see, e.g., WO 2008/115314and WO 02/102828). To identify the corresponding loci in differentflaviviruses, the flavivirus sequences are aligned with that of Japaneseencephalitis virus. As there may not be an exact match, it should beunderstood that, in non-JE viruses, the site of insertion may vary by,for example, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 amino acids, in either direction. Further,given the identification of such sites as being permissive in JE, theycan also vary in JE by, for example, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 amino acids, ineither direction. Additional permissive sites can be identified usingmethods such as transposon mutagenesis (see, e.g., WO 02/102828 and WO2008/036146). The insertions can be made at the indicated amino acids byinsertion just C-terminal to the indicated amino acids (i.e., betweenamino acids 51-52, 207-208, 231-232, 277-278, 287-288, 340-341, and436-437), or in place of short deletions (e.g., deletions of 1, 2, 3, 4,5, 6, 7, or 8 amino acids) beginning at the indicated amino acids (orwithin 1-5 positions thereof, in either direction).

In addition to the envelope protein, insertions can be made into othervirus proteins including, for example, the membrane/pre-membrane proteinand NS1 (see, e.g., WO 2008/036146). For example, insertions can be madeinto a sequence preceding the capsid/pre-membrane cleavage site (at,e.g., −4, −2, or −1) or within the first 50 amino acids of thepre-membrane protein (e.g., at position 26), and/or between amino acids236 and 237 of NS1 (or in regions surrounding the indicated sequences,as described above). In other examples, insertions can be madeintergenically. For example, an insertion can be made between E and NS1proteins and/or between NS2B and NS3 proteins (see, e.g., WO2008/100464). In one example of an intergenic insertion, the insertedsequence can be fused with the C-terminus of the E protein of thevector, after the C-terminal signal/anchor sequence of the E protein,and the insertion can include a C-terminal anchor/signal sequence, whichis fused with vector NS1 sequences. In another example of an intergenicinsertion, the inserted sequences, with flanking protease cleavage sites(e.g., YF17D cleavage sites), can be inserted into a unique restrictionsite introduced at the NS2B/NS3 junction (WO 2008/100464).

In other examples, a sequence can be inserted in the context of aninternal ribosome entry site (IRES, e.g., an IRES derived fromencephalomyocarditis virus; EMCV), as noted above, such as inserted inthe 3′-untranslated region (WO 2008/094674). In one example of such avector, employing, for example, yellow fever virus sequences, anIRES-immunogen cassette can be inserted into a multiple cloning siteengineered into the 3′-untranslated region of the vector, e.g., in adeletion (e.g., a 136 nucleotide deletion in the case of a yellow fevervirus-based example) after the polyprotein stop codon (WO 2008/094674).

Details concerning the insertion of rabies virus G protein andfull-length respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) F protein into s-PIV andd-PIV vectors of the invention are provided below in Example 3. Theinformation provided in Example 3 can be applied in the context of othervectors and immunogens described herein.

Immunogens

PIVs (s-PIVs and d-PIVs) based on flavivirus sequences and live,attenuated chimeric flaviviruses (e.g., YF/TBE, YF/LGT, WN/TBE, andWN/LGT), as described above, can be used in the invention to deliverforeign (e.g., non-flavivirus) pathogen (e.g., viral, bacterial, fungal,and parasitic pathogens), cancer, and allergy-related immunogens. Asdiscussed further below, in certain examples, it may be advantageous totarget several pathogens occupying the same ecological niche, in aparticular geographical region. Specific, non-limiting examples of suchimmunogens are provided as follows.

In addition to TBE virus, ticks are known to transmit another majordisease, Lyme disease. Thus, in a first example, PIVs of the invention,such as PIVs including TBE/LGT sequences, as well as chimericflaviviruses including TBE sequences (e.g., YF/TBE, YF/LGT, WN/TBE,LGT/TBE, and WN/LGT; in all instances where “TBE” is indicated, thisincludes the option of using the Hypr strain), can be used as vectors todeliver protective immunogens of the causative agent of Lyme disease(tick-borne spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi). This combination,targeting both infectious agents (TBE and B. burgdorferi) isadvantageous, because TBE and Lyme disease are both tick-borne diseases.The PIV approaches can be applied to chimeras (e.g., YF/TBE, YF/LGT, toWN/TBE, or WN/LGT), according to the invention, as well as tonon-chimeric TBE and LGT viruses. An exemplary immunogen from B.burgdorferi that can be used in the invention is OspA (Gipson et al.,Vaccine 21:3875-3884, 2003). Optionally, to increase safety and/orimmunogenicity, OspA can be mutated to reduce chances of autoimmuneresponses and/or to eliminate sites for unwanted post-translationalmodification in vertebrate animal cells, such as N-linked glycosylation,which may affect immunogenicity of the expression product. Mutationsthat decrease autoimmunity can include, e.g., those described by Willettet al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101:1303-1308, 2004. In oneexample, FTK-OspA, a putative cross-reactive T cell epitope, BbOSA₁₆₅₋₁₇₃ (YVLEGTLTA) is altered to resemble the corresponding peptidesequence of Borrelia afzelli (FTLEGKVAN). In FTK-OspA, the correspondingsequence is FTLEGKLTA.

The sequence of OspA is as follows:

1 mkkyllgigl ilaliackqn vssldeknsv svdlpgemkv lvskeknkdg kydliatvdk 61lelkgtsdkn ngsgvlegvk adkskvklti sddlgqttle vfkedgktlv skkvtskdks 121steekfnekg evsekiitra dgtrleytgi ksdgsgkake vlkgyvlegt ltaekttlvv 181kegtvtlskn isksgevsve lndtdssaat kktaawnsgt stltitvnsk ktkdlvftke 241ntitvqqyds ngtklegsav eitkldeikn alkThe full-length sequence and/or immunogenic fragments of the full-lengthsequence can be used in the present invention. Exemplary fragments caninclude one or more of domains 1 (amino acids 34-41), 2 (amino acids65-75), 3 (amino acids 190-220), and 4 (amino acids 250-270) (Jiang etal., Clin. Diag. Lab. Immun. 1(4):406-412, 1994). Thus, for example, apeptide comprising any one (or more) of the following sequences (whichinclude sequence variations that can be included in the sequence listedabove, in any combination) can be delivered: LPGE/GM/IK/T/GVL;GTSDKN/S/DNGSGV/T;N/H/EIS/P/L/A/SK/NSGEV/IS/TV/AE/ALN/DDT/SD/NS/TS/TA/Q/RATKKTA/GA/K/TWN/DS/AG/N/KT;SN/AGTK/NLEGS/N/K/TAVEIT/KK/TLD/KEI/LKN.

In addition to B. burgdorferi immunogens, tick saliva proteins, such as64TRP, Isac, and Salp20, can be expressed, e.g., to generate a vaccinecandidate of trivalent-specificity (TBE+Lyme disease+ticks).Alternatively, tick saliva proteins can be expressed instead of B.burgdorferi immunogens in TBE sequence-containing vectors. In toaddition, there are many other candidate tick saliva proteins that canbe used for tick vector vaccine development according to the invention(Francischetti et al., Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 35:1142-1161, 2005).One or more of these immunogens can be expressed in s-PIV-TBE. However,d-PIV-TBE may also be selected, because of its large insertion capacity.In addition to PIV-TBE, other PIV vaccines can be used as vectors, e.g.,to protect from Lyme disease and another flavivirus disease, such asWest Nile virus. Expression of these immunogens can be evaluated in cellculture, and immunogenicity/protection examined in available animalmodels (e.g., as described in Gipson et al., Vaccine 21:3875-3884, 2003;Labuda et al., Pathog. 2(e27):0251-0259, 2006). Immunogens of otherpathogens can be similarly expressed, in addition to Lyme disease andtick immunogens, with the purpose of making multivalent vaccinecandidates. Exemplary tick saliva immunogens that can be used in theinvention include the following:

64TRP (AF469170)MKAFFVLSLL STAALTNAAR AGRLGSDLDT FGRVHGNLYA GIERAGPRGY PGLTASIGGEVGARLGGRAG VGVSSYGYGY PSWGYPYGGY GGYGGYGGYG GYDQGFGSAY GGYPGYYGYYYPSGYGGGYG GSYGGSYGGS YTYPNVRASA GAAA Isac (AF270496)MRTAFTCALL AISFLGSPCS SSEDGLEQDT IVETTTQNLY ERHYRNHSGL CGAQYRNSSHAEAVYNCTLN HLPPVVNATW EGIRHRINKT IPQFVKLICN FTVAMPQEFY LVYMGSDGNSDFEEDKESTG TDEDSNTGSS AAAKVTEALI IEAEENCTAH ITGWTTETPT TLEPTTESQF EAIPSalp20 (EU008559)MRTALTCALL AISFLGSPCS SSEGGLEKDS RVETTTQNLY ERYYRKHPGL CGAQYRNSSHAEAVYNCTLS LLPLSVNTTW EGIRHRINKT IPEFVNLICN FTVAMPDQFY LVYMGSNGNSYSEEDEDGKT GSSAAVQVTE QLIIQAEENC TAHITGWTTE APTTLEPTTE TQFEAISAdditional details concerning the TBE-related PIVs and LAVs are providedin Example 2, below.

The invention further provides PIV and LAV-vectored vaccines againstother non-flavivirus pathogens, including vaccines having dual action,eliciting protective immunity against both flavivirus (as specified bythe vector envelope proteins) and non-flavivirus pathogens (as specifiedby expressed immunologic determinant(s)). These are similar to theexample of PIV-TBE-Lyme disease-tick vector vaccines described above. Asmentioned above, such dual-action vaccines can be developed against abroad range of pathogens by expression of immunogens from, for example,viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic pathogens, and immunogensassociated with cancer and allergy. As specific non-limiting examples,we describe herein the design and biological properties of PIVvectored-rabies and -respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccinecandidates constructed by expression of rabies virus G protein orfull-length RSV F protein in place of or in combination with variousdeletions in one- and two-component PIV vectors (see Example 3, below).

As is demonstrated in the Examples, below, s-PIV constructs may beadvantageously used to stably deliver relatively short foreignimmunogens (similar to Lyme disease agent OspA protein and tick salivaproteins), because insertions are combined with a relatively short ΔCdeletion. Two-component PIV vectors may be advantageously used to stablyexpress relatively large immunogens, such as rabies G protein and RSV F,as the insertions in such vectors are combined with, for example, largeΔprM-E, ΔC-prM-E, and/or ΔNS1 deletions. Some of the d-PIV componentscan be manufactured and used as vaccines individually, for instance, thePIV-RSV F construct described below containing a ΔC-prM-E deletion. Inthis case, the vaccine induces an immune response (e.g., neutralizingantibodies) predominantly against the expressed protein, but not againstthe flavivirus vector virus pathogen. In other examples of theinvention, dual immunity is obtained by having immunity induced both tovector and insert components. Additionally, because of the largeinsertion capacity of PIV vectors, and the option of using two-componentgenomes, PIV vectors offer the opportunity to target severalnon-flavivirus pathogens simultaneously, e.g., by expressing foreignimmunogens from two different non-flavivirus pathogens in the twocomponents of a d-PIV.

In addition to the RSV F protein, rabies G protein, Lyme diseaseprotective immunogens, and tick saliva proteins, as examples of foreignimmunogens described above, other foreign immunogens can be expressed totarget respective diseases including, for example, influenza virus typeA and B immunogens. In these examples, a to few short epitopes and/orwhole genes of viral particle proteins can be used, such as the M2, HA,and NA genes of influenza A, and/or the NB or BM2 genes of influenza B.Shorter fragments of M2, NB, and BM2, corresponding for instance to M2e,the extracellular fragment of M2, can also be used. In addition,fragments of the HA gene, including epitopes identified as HA0 (23 aminoacids in length, corresponding to the cleavage site in HA) can be used.Specific examples of influenza-related sequences that can be used in theinvention include PAKLLKERGFFGAIAGFLE (HA0), PAKLLKERGFFGAIAGFLEGSGC(HA0), NNATFNYTNVNPISHIRGS (NBe), MSLLTEVETPIRNEWGCRCNDSSD (M2e),MSLLTEVETPTRNEWECRCSDSSD (M2e), MSLLTEVETLTRNGWGCRCSDSSD (M2e), EVETPTRN(M2e), SLLTEVETPIRNEWGCRCNDSSD (M2e), and SLLTEVETPIRNEWGCR (M2e).Additional M2e sequences that can be used in the invention includesequences from the extracellular domain of BM2 protein of influenza B(consensus MLEPFQ, e.g., LEPFQILSISGC), and the M2e peptide from theH5N1 avian flu (MSLLTEVETLTRNGWGCRCSDSSD).

Other examples of pathogen immunogens that can be delivered in thevectors of the invention include codon-optimized SIV or HIV gag (55kDa), gp120, gp160, Sly mac239-rev/tat/nef genes or analogs from HIV,and other HIV immunogens; immunogens from HPV viruses, such as HPV16,HPV18, etc., e.g., the capsid protein L1 which self-assembles intoHPV-like particles, the capsid protein L2 or its immunodominant portions(e.g., amino acids 1-200, 1-88, or 17-36), the E6 and E7 proteins whichare involved in transforming and immortalizing mammalian cells fusedtogether and appropriately mutated (fusion of the two genes creates afusion protein, referred to as E6E7Rb⁻, that is about 10-fold lesscapable of transforming fibroblasts, and mutations of the E7 componentat 2 residues renders the resulting fusion protein mutant incapable ofinducing transformation (Boursnell et al., Vaccine 14:1485-1494, 1996).Other immunogens include protective immunogens from HCV, CMV, HSV2,viruses, malaria parasite, Mycobacterium tuberculosis causingtuberculosis, C. difficile, and other nosocomial infections, that areknown in the art, as well as fungal pathogens, cancer immunogens, andproteins associated with allergy that can be used as vaccine targets.

Foreign immunogen inserts of the invention can be modified in variousways. For instance, codon optimization is used to increase the level ofexpression and eliminate long repeats in nucleotide sequences toincrease insert stability in the RNA genome of PIV vectors.Immunogenicity can be increased by chimerization of proteins withimmunostimulatory moieties well known in the art, such as TLR agonists,stimulatory cytokines, components of complement, heat-shock proteins,etc. (e.g., reviewed in “Immunopotentiators in Modern Vaccines,” Schijnsand O'Hagan Eds., 2006, Elsevier Academic Press: Amsterdam, Boston).

With respect to construction of dual vaccines against rabies and otherflavivirus diseases, other combinations, such as TBE+rabies, YF+rabies,etc., can be of interest both for human and veterinary use incorresponding geographical regions, and thus can be similarly generated.Possible designs of expression constructs are not limited to thosedescribed herein. For example deletions and insertions can be modified,genetic elements can be rearranged, or other genetic elements (e.g.non-flavivirus, non-rabies signals for secretion, intracellulartransport determinants, inclusion of or fusion with immunostimulatorymoieties such as cytokines, TLR agonists such as flagellin,multimerization components such as leucine zipper, and peptides thatincrease the period of protein circulation in the blood) can be used tofacilitate antigen presentation and increase immunogenicity. Further,such designs can be applied to s-PIV and d-PIV vaccine candidates basedon vector genomes of other flaviviruses, and expressing immunogens ofother pathogens, e.g., including but not limited to pathogens describedin elsewhere herein.

Other examples of PIV and LAV vectors of the invention includingcombination vaccines such as DEN+Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) and YF+CHIKV.CHIKV, an alphavirus, is endemic in Africa, South East Asia, Indiansubcontinent and the Islands, and the Pacific Islands and sharesecological/geographical niches with YF and DEN1-4. It causes seriousdisease primarily associated with severe pain (arthritis, other symptomssimilar to DEN) and long-lasting sequelae in the majority of patients(Simon et al., Med. Clin. North Am. 92:1323-1343, 2008; Seneviratne etal., J. Travel Med. 14:320-325, 2007). Other examples of PIV and LAVvectors of the invention include YF+Ebola or DEN+Ebola, whichco-circulate in Africa.

Immunogens for the above-noted non-flavivirus pathogens, sequences ofwhich are well known in the art, may include glycoprotein B or a pp65/IEI fusion protein of CMV (Reap et al., Vaccine 25(42):7441-7449,2007; and references therein), several TB proteins (reviewed in Skeikyet al., Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 4(6):469-476, 2006), malaria parasiteantigens such as RTS, S (a pre-erythrocytic circumsporozoite protein,CSP) and others (e.g., reviewed in Li et al., Vaccine 25(14):2567-2574,2007), CHIKV envelope proteins E1 and E2 (or the C-E2-E1, E2-E1cassettes), HCV structural proteins C-E1-E2 forming VLPs (Ezelle et al.,J. Virol. 76(23):12325-12334, 2002) or other proteins to induce T-cellresponses, Ebola virus glycoprotein GP (Yang et al., Virology377(2):255-264, 2008).

In addition to the immunogens described above, the vectors describedherein may include one or more immunogen(s) derived from or that directan immune response against one or more viruses (e.g., viral targetantigen(s)) including, for example, a dsDNA virus (e.g., adenovirus,herpesvirus, epstein-barr virus, herpes simplex type 1, herpes simplextype 2, human herpes virus simplex type 8, human cytomegalovirus,varicella-zoster virus, poxvirus); ssDNA virus (e.g., parvovirus,papillomavirus (e.g., E1, E2, E3, E4, E5, E6, E7, E8, BPV1, BPV2, BPV3,BPV4, BPV5, and BPV6 (In Papillomavirus and Human Cancer, edited by H.Pfister (CRC Press, Inc. 1990)); Lancaster et al., Cancer Metast. Rev.pp. 6653-6664, 1987; Pfister et al., Adv. Cancer Res. 48:113-147,1987)); dsRNA viruses (e.g., reovirus); (+)ssRNA viruses (e.g.,picornavirus, coxsackie virus, hepatitis A virus, poliovirus, togavirus,rubella virus, flavivirus, hepatitis C virus, yellow fever virus, denguevirus, west Nile virus); (−)ssRNA viruses (e.g., orthomyxovirus,influenza virus, rhabdovirus, paramyxovirus, measles virus, mumps virus,parainfluenza virus, rhabdovirus, rabies virus); ssRNA-RT viruses (e.g.,retrovirus, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)); and dsDNA-RT viruses(e.g. hepadnavirus, hepatitis B). Immunogens may also be derived fromother viruses not listed above but available to those of skill in theart.

With respect to HIV, immunogens may be selected from any HIV isolate. Asis to well-known in the art, HIV isolates are now classified intodiscrete genetic subtypes. HIV-1 is known to comprise at least tensubtypes (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, and K). HIV-2 is known to includeat least five subtypes (A, B, C, D, and E). Subtype B has beenassociated with the HIV epidemic in homosexual men and intravenous drugusers worldwide. Most HIV-1 immunogens, laboratory adapted isolates,reagents and mapped epitopes belong to subtype B. In sub-Saharan Africa,India, and China, areas where the incidence of new HIV infections ishigh, HIV-1 subtype B accounts for only a small minority of infections,and subtype HIV-1 C appears to be the most common infecting subtype.Thus, in certain embodiments, it may be desirable to select immunogensfrom HIV-1 subtypes B and/or C. It may be desirable to includeimmunogens from multiple HIV subtypes (e.g., HIV-1 subtypes B and C,HIV-2 subtypes A and B, or a combination of HIV-1 and HIV-2 subtypes) ina single immunological composition. Suitable HIV immunogens include ENV,GAG, POL, NEF, as well as variants, derivatives, and fusion proteinsthereof, for example.

Immunogens may also be derived from or direct an immune response againstone or more bacterial species (spp.) (e.g., bacterial target antigen(s))including, for example, Bacillus spp. (e.g., Bacillus anthracis),Bordetella spp. (e.g., Bordetella pertussis), Borrelia spp. (e.g.,Borrelia burgdorferi), Brucella spp. (e.g., Brucella abortus, Brucellacanis, Brucella melitensis, Brucella suis), Campylobacter spp. (e.g.,Campylobacter jejuni), Chlamydia spp. (e.g., Chlamydia pneumoniae,Chlamydia psittaci, Chlamydia trachomatis), Clostridium spp. (e.g.,Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium difficile, Clostridium perfringens,Clostridium tetani), Corynebacterium spp. (e.g., Corynebacteriumdiptheriae), Enterococcus spp. (e.g., Enterococcus faecalis,enterococcus faecum), Escherichia spp. (e.g., Escherichia coli),Francisella spp. (e.g., Francisella tularensis), Haemophilus spp. (e.g.,Haemophilus influenza), Helicobacter spp. (e.g., Helicobacter pylori),Legionella spp. (e.g., Legionella pneumophila), Leptospira spp. (e.g.,Leptospira interrogans), Listeria spp. (e.g., Listeria monocytogenes),Mycobacterium spp. (e.g., Mycobacterium leprae, Mycobacteriumtuberculosis), Mycoplasma spp. (e.g., Mycoplasma pneumoniae), Neisseriaspp. (e.g., Neisseria gonorrhea, Neisseria meningitidis), Pseudomonasspp. (e.g., Pseudomonas aeruginosa), Rickettsia spp. (e.g., Rickettsiarickettsii), Salmonella spp. (e.g., Salmonella typhi, Salmonellatyphinurium), Shigella spp. (e.g., Shigella sonnei), Staphylococcus spp.(e.g., Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcussaprophyticus, coagulase negative staphylococcus (e.g., U.S. Pat. No.7,473,762)), Streptococcus spp. (e.g., Streptococcus agalactiae,Streptococcus pneumoniae, Streptococcus pyrogenes), Treponema spp.(e.g., Treponema pallidum), Vibrio spp. (e.g., Vibrio cholerae), andYersinia spp. (Yersinia pestis). Immunogens may also be derived from ordirect the immune response against other bacterial species not listedabove but available to those of skill in the art.

Immunogens may also be derived from or direct an immune response againstone or more parasitic organisms (spp.) (e.g., parasite targetantigen(s)) including, for example, Ancylostoma spp. (e.g., A.duodenale), Anisakis spp., Ascaris lumbricoides, Balantidium coli,Cestoda spp., Cimicidae spp., Clonorchis sinensis, Dicrocoeliumdendriticum, Dicrocoelium hospes, Diphyllobothrium latum, Dracunculusspp., Echinococcus spp. (e.g., E. granulosus, E. multilocularis),Entamoeba histolytica, Enterobius vermicularis, Fasciola spp. (e.g., F.hepatica, F. magna, F. gigantica, F. jacksoni), Fasciolopsis buski,Giardia spp. (Giardia lamblia), Gnathostoma spp., Hymenolepis spp.(e.g., H. nana, H. diminuta), Leishmania spp., Loa loa, Metorchis spp.(M. conjunctus, M. albidus), Necator americanus, Oestroidea spp. (e.g.,botfly), Onchocercidae spp., Opisthorchis spp. (e.g., O. viverrini, O.felineus, O. guayaquilensis, and O. noverca), Plasmodium spp. (e.g., P.falciparum), Protofasciola robusta, Parafasciolopsis fasciomorphae,Paragonimus westermani, Schistosoma spp. (e.g., S. mansoni, S.japonicum, S. mekongi, S. haematobium), Spirometra erinaceieuropaei,Strongyloides stercoralis, Taenia spp. (e.g., T. saginata, T. solium),Toxocara spp. (e.g., T. canis, T. cati), Toxoplasma spp. (e.g., T.gondii), Trichobilharzia regenti, Trichinella spiralis, Trichuristrichiura, Trombiculidae spp., Trypanosoma spp., Tunga penetrans, and/orWuchereria bancrofti. Immunogens may also be derived from or direct theimmune response against other parasitic organisms not listed above butavailable to those of skill in the art.

Immunogens may be derived from or direct the immune response againsttumor target antigens (e.g., tumor target antigens). The term tumortarget antigen (TA) may include both tumor-associated antigens (TAAs)and tumor-specific antigens (TSAs), where a cancerous cell is the sourceof the antigen. A TA may be an antigen that is expressed on the surfaceof a tumor cell in higher amounts than is observed on normal cells or anantigen that is expressed on normal cells during fetal development. ATSA is typically an antigen that is unique to tumor cells and is notexpressed on normal cells. TAs are typically classified into fivecategories according to their expression pattern, function, or geneticorigin: cancer-testis (CT) antigens (i.e., MAGE, NY-ESO-1); melanocytedifferentiation antigens (e.g., Melan A/MART-1, tyrosinase, gp100);mutational antigens (e.g., MUM-1, p53, CDK-4); overexpressed ‘self’antigens (e.g., HER-2/neu, p53); and viral antigens (e.g., HPV, EBV).Suitable TAs include, for example, gp100 (Cox et al., Science264:716-719, 1994), MART-1/Melan A (Kawakami et al., J. Exp. Med.,180:347-352, 1994), gp75 (TRP-1) (Wang et al., J. Exp. Med.,186:1131-1140, 1996), tyrosinase (Wolfe) et al., Eur. J. Immunol.,24:759-764, 1994), NY-ESO-1 (WO 98/14464; WO 99/18206), melanomaproteoglycan (Hellstrom et al., J. Immunol., 130:1467-1472, 1983), MAGEfamily antigens (e.g., MAGE-1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12; Van der Bruggen etal., Science 254:1643-1647, 1991; U.S. Pat. No. 6,235,525), BAGE familyantigens (Boel et al., Immunity 2:167-175, 1995), GAGE family antigens(e.g., GAGE-1,2; Van den Eynde et al., J. Exp. Med. 182:689-698, 1995;U.S. Pat. No. 6,013,765), RAGE family antigens (e.g., RAGE-1; Gaugler etal., Immunogenetics 44:323-330, 1996; U.S. Pat. No. 5,939,526),N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase-V (Guilloux et al., J. Exp. Med.183:1173-1183, 1996), p15 (Robbins et al., J. Immunol. 154:5944-5950,1995), β-catenin (Robbins et al., J. Exp. Med., 183:1185-1192, 1996),MUM-1 (Coulie et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 92:7976-7980, 1995),cyclin dependent kinase-4 (CDK4) (Wolfel et al., Science 269:1281-1284,1995), p21-ras (Fossum et al., Int. J. Cancer 56:40-45, 1994), BCR-abl(Bocchia et al., Blood 85:2680-2684, 1995), p53 (Theobald et al., Proc.Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 92:11993-11997, 1995), p185 HER2/neu (erb-B1;Fisk et al., J. Exp. Med., 181:2109-2117, 1995), epidermal growth factorreceptor (EGFR) (Harris et al., Breast Cancer Res. Treat, 29:1-2, 1994),carcinoembryonic antigens (CEA) (Kwong et al., J. Natl. Cancer Inst.,85:982-990, 1995) U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,756,103; 5,274,087; 5,571,710;6,071,716; 5,698,530; 6,045,802; EP 263933; EP 346710; and EP 784483;carcinoma-associated mutated mucins (e.g., MUC-1 gene products; Jeromeet al., J. Immunol., 151:1654-1662, 1993); EBNA gene products of EBV(e.g., EBNA-1; Rickinson et al., Cancer Surveys 13:53-80, 1992); E7, E6proteins of human papillomavirus (Ressing et al., J. Immunol.154:5934-5943, 1995); prostate specific antigen (PSA; Xue et al., TheProstate 30:73-78, 1997); prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA;Israeli et al., Cancer Res. 54:1807-1811, 1994); idiotypic epitopes orantigens, for example, immunoglobulin idiotypes or T cell receptoridiotypes (Chen et al., J. Immunol. 153:4775-4787, 1994); KSA (U.S. Pat.No. 5,348,887), kinesin 2 (Dietz, et al., Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun.275(3):731-738, 2000), HIP-55, TGFβ-1 anti-apoptotic factor (Toomey etal., Br. J. Biomed. Sci. 58(3):177-183, 2001), tumor protein D52 (Bryneet al., Genomics 35:523-532, 1996), H₁FT, NY-BR-1 (WO 01/47959),NY-BR-62, NY-BR-75, NY-BR-85, NY-BR-87, and NY-BR-96 (Scanlan, M.Serologic and Bioinformatic Approaches to the Identification of HumanTumor Antigens, in Cancer Vaccines 2000, Cancer Research Institute, NewYork, N.Y.), and/or pancreatic cancer antigens (e.g., SEQ ID NOs: 1-288of U.S. Pat. No. 7,473,531). Immunogens may also be derived from ordirect the immune response against include TAs not listed above butavailable to one of skill in the art.

In addition to the specific immunogen sequences listed above, theinvention also includes the use of analogs of the sequences. Suchanalogs include sequences that are, for example, at least 80%, 90%, 95%,or 99% identical to the reference sequences, or fragments thereof. Theanalogs also include fragments of the reference sequences that include,for example, one or more immunogenic epitopes of the sequences. Further,the analogs include truncations or expansions of the sequences (e.g.,insertion of additional/repeat immunodominant/helper epitopes) by, e.g.,1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11-20, etc., amino acids on either orboth ends. Truncation may remove immunologically unimportant orinterfering sequences, e.g., within known structural/immunologicdomains, or between domains; or whole undesired domains can be deleted;such modifications can be in the ranges 21-30, 31-50, 51-100, 101-400,etc. amino acids. The ranges also include, e.g., 20-400, 30-100, and50-100 amino acids.

Cocktails

The invention also includes compositions including mixtures of two ormore PIVs and/or PIV vectors, as described herein. As discussed above,use of such mixtures or cocktails may be particularly advantageous wheninduction of immunity to more than one immunogen and/or pathogen isdesired. This may be useful, for example, in vaccination againstdifferent flaviviruses that may be endemic to the region in which thevaccine recipient resides. This may also be useful in the context ofadministration of multiple immunogens against the same target.

Non-limiting examples of PIV cocktails included in the invention arethose including PIV-JE+PIV-DEN, and PIV-YF+PIV-DEN. In both of theseexamples, the PIVs for either or both components can be single or dualcomponent PIVs, as described above. In addition, in the case of thePIV-DEN, the PIV can include sequences of just one dengue serotypeselected from the group consisting of dengue serotypes 1-4, or thecocktail can include PIVs expressing sequences from two, three, or allfour of the serotypes. Further, the TBE/Borrelia burgdorferi/tick salivaprotein (e.g., 64TRP, Isac, Salp20) vaccines described herein can bebased on including the different immunogens within a single PIV or liveattenuated flavivirus, or can be based on mixtures of PIVs (or LAVs),which each include one or more of the immunogens. The cocktails of theinvention can be formulated as such or can be mixed just prior toadministration.

Use, Formulation, and Administration

The invention includes the PIV vectors, PIVs, LAV vectors, and LAVs, aswell as corresponding nucleic acid molecules, pharmaceutical or vaccinecompositions, and methods of their use and preparation. The PIV vectors,PIVs, LAV vectors, and LAVs of the invention can be used, for example,in vaccination methods to induce an immune response to TBE or otherflavivirus, and/or another expressed immunogen, as described herein.These methods can be prophylactic, in which case they are carried out onsubjects (e.g., human subjects or other mammalian subjects) not having,but at risk of developing infection or disease caused by TBE or anotherflavivirus and/or a pathogen from which the other expressed immunogen isderived. The methods can also be therapeutic, in which they are carriedout on subjects already having an infection by one or more of therelevant pathogens. Further, the viruses and vectors can be usedindividually or in combination with one another or other vaccines. Thesubjects treated according to the methods of the invention includehumans, as well as non-human mammals (e.g., livestock, such as, cattle,pigs, horses, sheep, and goats, and domestic animals, including dogs andcats).

Formulation of the PIV vectors, PIVs, LAV vectors, and LAVs of theinvention can be carried out using methods that are standard in the art.Numerous pharmaceutically acceptable solutions for use in vaccinepreparation are well known and can readily be adapted for use in thepresent invention by those of skill in this art (see, e.g., Remington'sPharmaceutical Sciences (18^(th) edition), ed. A. Gennaro, 1990, MackPublishing Co., Easton, Pa.). In two specific examples, the PIV vectors,PIVs, LAV vectors, and LAVs are formulated in Minimum Essential MediumEarle's Salt (MEME) containing 7.5% lactose and 2.5% human serum albuminor MEME containing 10% sorbitol. However, the PIV vectors, PIVs, LAVvectors, and LAVs can simply be diluted in a physiologically acceptablesolution, such as sterile saline or sterile buffered saline.

The PIV vectors, PIVs, LAV vectors, and LAVs of the invention can beadministered using methods that are well known in the art, andappropriate amounts of the viruses and vectors to be administered canreadily be determined by those of skill in the art. What is determinedto be an appropriate amount of virus to administer can be determined byconsideration of factors such as, e.g., the size and general health ofthe subject to whom the virus is to be administered. For example, in thecase of live, attenuated viruses of the invention, the viruses can beformulated as sterile aqueous solutions containing between 10² and 10⁸,e.g., 10³ to 10⁷, infectious units (e.g., plaque-forming units or tissueculture infectious doses) in a dose volume of 0.1 to 1.0 ml. PIVs can beadministered at similar doses and in similar volumes; PIV titers howeverare usually measured in, e.g., focus-forming units determined byimmunostaining of foci, as these defective constructs tend not to formvirus-like plaques. Doses can range between 10² and 10⁸ FFU andadministered in volumes of 0.1 to 1.0 ml.

All viruses and vectors of the invention can be administered by, forexample, intradermal, subcutaneous, intramuscular, intraperitoneal, ororal routes. In specific examples, dendritic cells are targeted byintradermal or transcutaneous administration, by use of, for example,microneedles or microabrasion devices. Further, the vaccines of theinvention can be administered in a single dose or, optionally,administration can involve the use of a priming dose followed by abooster dose that is administered, e.g., 2-6 months later, as determinedto be appropriate by those of skill in the art. Optionally, PIV vaccinescan be administered via DNA or RNA immunization using methods known tothose skilled in the art (Chang et al., Nat. Biotechnol. 26:571-577,2008; Kofler et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101:1951-1956, 2004).

Optionally, adjuvants that are known to those skilled in the art can beused in the administration of the viruses and vectors of the invention.Adjuvants that can be used to enhance the immunogenicity of the virusesinclude, for example, liposomal formulations, synthetic adjuvants, suchas (e.g., QS21), muramyl dipeptide, monophosphoryl lipid A,polyphosphazine, CpG oligonucleotides, or other molecules that appear towork by activating Toll-like Receptor (TLR) molecules on the surface ofcells or on nuclear membranes within cells. Although these adjuvants aretypically used to enhance immune responses to inactivated vaccines, theycan also be used with live or replication-defective vaccines. Bothagonists of TLRs or antagonists may be useful in the case of live orreplication-defective vaccines. The vaccine candidates can be designedto express TLR agonists. In the case of a virus delivered via a mucosalroute, for example, orally, mucosal adjuvants such as the heat-labiletoxin of E. coli (LT) or mutant derivations of LT can be used asadjuvants. In addition, genes encoding cytokines that have adjuvantactivities can be inserted into the vaccine candidates. Thus, genesencoding desired cytokines, such as GM-CSF, IL-2, IL-12, IL-13, IL-5,etc., can be inserted together with foreign immunogen genes to produce avaccine that results in enhanced immune responses, or to modulateimmunity directed more specifically towards cellular, humoral, ormucosal responses (e.g., reviewed in “Immunopotentiators in ModernVaccines”, Schijns and O'Hagan Eds., 2006, Elsevier Academic Press:Amsterdam, Boston, etc.). Optionally, a patch containing a layer of anappropriate toxin-derived adjuvant, can be t0 applied over the injectionsite. Toxin promotes local inflammation attracting lymphocytes, whichleads to a more robust immune response.

EXAMPLES

Additional details concerning the invention are provided in theExamples, below. In the Examples, experiments are described in whichPIVs based on WN, JE, and YF viruses (see, e.g., WO 2007/098267 and WO2008/137163) were tested. Firstly, we demonstrated that the constructsare significantly more attenuated in a sensitive suckling mouseneurovirulence model (zero mortality at all tested doses) as compared toavailable LAV controls (YF17D, YF/JE LAV, and YF/WN LAV). Wedemonstrated for the first time that d-PIV constructs were avirulent inthis model and thus that two-component PIVs do not undergo uncontrolled(unlimited) spread in vivo and cannot cause clinical signs. Secondly, weperformed comparisons of the immunogenicity and efficacy of the PIVs andthe LAVs, and demonstrated that PIV vaccines can induce immune responsecomparable to LAVs and be equally efficacious (e.g., as observed forPIV-WN and YF/WN LAV pair of vaccines). In one pair examined, YF17D LAVwas significantly more immunogenic than PIV-YF. Thus, production of VLPscan vary between different, similarly designed PIV constructs.Specifically, we propose that PIV-YF does not generate a large amount ofYF VLPs compared to PIV-WN (WN VLPs), and that increased production ofVLPs can be achieved by genetic modifications at the C/prM junction insuboptimal PIV constructs. Specifically, the C/prM junction is animportant location in the flavivirus polyprotein orchestrating theformation of viral envelope and synthesis of viral proteins (Yamshchikovand Compans, Virology 192:38-51, 1993; Amberg and Rice, J. Virol.73:8083-8094, 1999; Stocks and Lobigs, J. Virol. 72:2141-2149, 1998). Wepropose that secretion of VLPs in PIV infected cells (in contrast toproduction of viral particles in whole viruses) can be increased byuncoupling of the viral protease and signalase cleavages at thejunction, or use of a strong heterologous signal peptide (tPA, etc.) inplace of the signal for prM, or by mutagenesis of the signal for prM.The efficiency of signalase cleavage at the C/prM junction offlaviviruses is low (Stocks and Lobigs, J. Virol. 72:2141-2149, 1998),e.g., as predicted by SignalP 3.0 on-line program. It is expected thatmore efficient cleavage efficiency can be achieved by analysis ofspecific amino acid substitutions near the cleavage site with SignalP3.0 (e.g., as described in application WO 2008/100464), followed byincorporation of chosen mutation(s) into PIV genomes, recovery of PIVprogeny and measuring VLP secretion. Non-flavivirus signals are insertedby methods standard in the art. Uncoupling between the viral proteaseand signalase cleavages can be achieved by ablating the viral cleavagesite by any non-conservative mutation (e.g., RRS in YF17D C to RRA orGRS or RSS, etc.), or deletion of the entire site or some of its 3residues. If necessary, formation of free N-terminus of the signal offoreign protein can be achieved by using such elements as autoprotease,or termination codon followed by an IRES. Alternatively, the native AUGinitiation codon of C can be ablated (in constructs where C proteinsequence is unnecessary, e.g., ΔC PIV) and AUG placed in front offoreign gene. Optimization of vector signal can be performed by randommutagenesis, e.g., by insertion of synthetic randomized sequencefollowed by identification of viable PIV variants with increased VLPsecretion.

We also discovered that PIV constructs were substantially moreimmunogenic in hamsters when administered by the IP route, as comparedto the subcutaneous route. We concluded that this was most likely due tobetter targeting of antigen presenting cells in lymphoid tissues, whichare abundant in the abdomen, but not abundant in tissues underlying theskin. Based on these observations, we concluded that efficient targetingof PIVs to dendritic cells, abundant in the skin, can be achieved bycutaneous inoculation, e.g., via skin microabrasion or intradermalinjection using microneedles (Dean et al., Hum Vaccin. 1:106-111, 2005).

Further, we have carried out experiments to show the feasibility ofadministering mixtures, or cocktails, of different PIVs, such as thosedescribed herein (e.g., JE+DEN and YF+DEN). In order to administercocktails, it is important to verify that there is no interferencebetween co-administered components, and that a balanced immune responseis induced. Several PIV mixtures were used to immunize rodents andimmune responses were compared to PIV constructs administeredindividually. No interference was observed in mixtures, and thuscocktail PIV vaccines are feasible. Such formulations may be ofparticular significance in geographical regions where differentflaviviruses co-circulate. This could be also used to simultaneouslyadminister several PIV-based vaccines against non-flavivirus pathogens.

Further, we have demonstrated that no neutralizing antibody response isinduced against packaging envelope after at least two doses of PIV (andthus antibodies are elicited against VLPs secreted from infected cells).This was demonstrated using the helper (ΔprM-E) component of a d-PIV(see in FIG. 2) packaged individually, or by measuring neutralizingantibodies to heterologous packaging envelopes (e.g., to the WN envelopeused to package PIV-JE in helper cells providing WN-specific C-prM-Eproteins in trans). The latter observations support sequential use ofdifferent PIV vaccines manufactured in a universal helper packagingcells line, and sequential use of different recombinant PIV-vectoredvaccines in the same individual, as discussed above. In addition, weconfirmed previous observations that PIV constructs can be stablypropagated to high yields in vitro, and that no recombination restoringwhole virus occurs after prolonged passaging in substrate cells (Masonet al., Virology 351:432-443, 2006; Shustov et al., J. Virol.21:11737-11748, 2007).

These and other aspects of the invention are further described in theExamples, below.

Example 1 Pseudoinfectious Virus Platform Development Studies

Attenuation in Suckling Mouse Neurovirulence (NV) Model

Materials used in the studies described below are described in Table 1and the references cited therein. These include s-PIV-WN (based on wt WNvirus strain NY99 sequences), s-PIV-JE, s-PIV-WN/JE (based on wt WNvirus backbone and prM-E genes from wt JE virus Nakayama strain),s-PIV-YF/WN (YF17D backbone and prM-E genes from WN virus), and s-PIV-YF(based on YF17D sequences). Additional materials include d-PIV-YF (YFd-PIV, grown in regular BHK cells (Shustov et al., J. Virol.21:11737-11748, 2007), and two-component d-PIV-WN (grown in regular Verocells; Suzuki et al., J. Virol. 82:6942-6951, 2008).

Attenuation of these PIV prototypes was compared to LAVs YF17D, achimeric YF/JE virus, and a chimeric YF/WN virus in suckling mouse NVtest (IC inoculation) using highly susceptible 5-day old ICR mice (thechimeric viruses include yellow fever capsid and non-structuralsequences, and JE or WN prM-E sequences). None of the animals thatreceived Ply constructs showed clinical signs or died, while mortalitywas observed in animals inoculated with LAVs (Table 2). The YF17D virusis neurovirulent for mice of all ages, while the chimeric vaccines arenot neurovirulent for adult mice, but can cause dose-dependent mortalityin more sensitive suckling mice (Guirakhoo et al., Virology 257:363-372,1999; Arroyo et al., J. Virol. 78:12497-12507, 2004). Accordingly,90%-100% of suckling mice that received doses as low as 1 PFU of YF17Ddied. YF/JE and YF/WN LAVs caused partial mortality at much higher doses(>2 log₁₀ PFU and 3 log₁₀ PFU, respectively), with longer averagesurvival time (AST) of animals that died, as expected. Thus, PIVconstructs are completely avirulent in this sensitive model (at least20,000-200,000 times less neurovirulent than the licensed YF17Dvaccine).

The YF d-PIV and WN d-PIV caused no mortality or clinical signs. Thus,the two-component PIV variants that theoretically could spread withinbrain tissue from cells co-infected by both of their components did notcause disease. Moreover, we tried to detect the d-PIVs in the brains ofadditional animals in this experiment, sacrificed on day 6post-inoculation by titration, and detected none (brain tissues from 10and 11 mice that received 4 log₁₀ FFU of YF d-PIV and WN d-PIV,respectively, were homogenized and used for titration). Thus, the d-PIVsdid not cause spreading infection characteristic of whole virus. YF/JELAV has been shown to replicate in the brain of adult ICR miceinoculated by the IC route with a peak titer of ˜6 log₁₀ PFU/g on day 6,albeit without clinical signs (Guirakhoo et al., Virology 257:363-372,1999). Co-infection of cells with components of a d-PIV is clearly aless efficient process than infection with whole virus. The data showthat d-PIV replication in vivo is quickly brought under control byinnate immune responses (and adaptive responses in older animals).

Immunogenicity/Efficacy in Mice and Hamsters

Immunogenicity/efficacy of the PIV prototypes described above wascompared to that of chimeric LAV counterparts and YF17D in mice andSyrian hamsters. The general experiment design is illustrated in FIG. 3(mice, IP immunization). Experiments in hamsters were performedsimilarly (plus-minus a few days, SC or IP inoculation with dosesindicated below). 3.5-week old ICR mice (for s-PIV-WN and -YF, YF/WNLAV, and YF17D groups) or C57/BL6 mice (for s-PIV-JE and YF/JE LAVgroups) were immunized IP with graded doses of PIV constructs (4-6 log₁₀FFU/dose) or chimeric LAV and YF17D LAV controls (4 log₁₀ PFU). SelectP1V-WN, -JE and -YF groups were boosted on day 21 with 5 log₁₀ FFU ofcorresponding constructs (Table 3). Neutralizing antibody responses weredetermined in animal sera by standard PRNT₅₀ against YF/WN or /JE LAVs,or YF17D viruses. PIV-WN induced very high WN-specific neutralizingantibody responses in all groups, with or without boost, as evidenced byPRNT₅₀ titers determined in pools of sera from immunized animals on days20 and 34, which was comparable to that in the YF/WN LAV control group.Accordingly, animals immunized with both PIV-WN and YF/WN LAV wereprotected from lethal challenge on day 35 with wt WN virus (IP, 270LD₅₀), but not mock-immunized animals (Table 3). When WN neutralizingantibodies were measured in sera from individual mice, high uniformityof immune responses was observed (FIG. 4). Thus, single-round PIVvaccines can be as immunogenic and efficacious as corresponding LAVs.PIV-JE was also highly immunogenic (black mice), while immunogenicity ofPIV-YF was significantly lower compared to the YF17D control (ICR mice).Yet, dose-dependent protection of PIV-YF immunized animals (but notmock-immunized animals) was observed following a severe lethal ICchallenge with wt YF strain Asibi virus (500 LD₅₀) (Table 3), which isin agreement with the knowledge that neutralizing antibody titers as low1:10 are protective against flavivirus infections.

The YF17D control virus was highly immunogenic (e.g., PRNT₅₀ titer1:1,280 on day 34), and thus it is able to infect cells and replicateefficiently in vivo, and its envelope is a strong immunogen. Therefore,it is unlikely that low immunogenicity of PIV-YF was due to itsinability to infect cells or replicate efficiently in infected cells invivo. We believe that the low immunogenicity of PIV-YF (e.g., comparedto PIV-WN) was most likely due to a low-level production of YF-specificVLPs in PIV-YF infected cells (while VLP secretion is high in PIV-WNinfected cells). As discussed above, we propose that immunogenicity ofPIV-YF can be significantly increased, e.g., by appropriatemodifications at the C/prM junction, e.g., by uncoupling the twoprotease cleavages that occur at this junction (viral protease andsignalase cleavages), and/or by using a strong heterologous signal[e.g., rabies virus G protein signal, or eukaryotic tissue plasminogenactivator (tPA) signal (Malin et al., Microbes and Infection,2:1677-1685, 2000), etc.] in place of the YF signal for prM.

A similar experiment was performed in ˜4.5-week old Syrian hamsters, tocompare immunogenicity of PIV constructs to LAV controls in this model.Animals were immunized SC with graded doses of the test articles (Table4). PIV-WN was highly immunogenic, e.g., WN-specific PRNT₅₀ titers onday 38 (pre-challenge) were 1:320, 1:640, and 1:1280 in groups thatreceived 5, 6, and 6 (prime)+5 (boost) log₁₀ FFU doses, respectively.This was somewhat lower compared to YF/WN LAV 4 log_(o) PFU control(≧1:2560). PIV-JE and -YF induced detectable specific neutralizingantibody responses, albeit with lower titers compared to YF/JE LAV andYF17D controls. All animals immunized with PIV-WN and YF/WN were solidlyprotected from lethal challenge with wt WN virus as evidenced by theabsence of mortality and morbidity (e.g., loss of body weight afterchallenge), as well as absence or a significant reduction ofpostchallenge WN virus viremia. Mock-immunized animals were notprotected (Table 4). PIV-JE and -WN protected animals from respectivechallenge in dose-dependent fashion. Protective efficacy in thisexperiment is additionally illustrated in FIG. 5. For example, highpost-challenge YF virus (hamster adapted Asibi strain) viremia wasobserved in mock immunized animals, peaking on day 3 at a titer of >8log₁₀ PFU/ml (upper left panel); all of the animals lost weight, and 1out of 4 died (upper right panel). In contrast, viremia wassignificantly reduced or absent in hamsters immunized with PIV-YF (twodoses; despite relatively low neutralizing titers) or YF17D; none ofthese animals lost weight. Similarly, animals immunized with PIV-WN orYF/WN LAV were significantly or completely protected in terms ofpost-challenge WN virus viremia and body weigh loss/mortality, incontrast to mock controls (compare in bottom panels). Thus, highimmunogenicity/efficacy of PIV was demonstrated in a second animalmodel.

In another hamster experiment, animals were immunized with PIVconstructs by the IP route, with two doses. Table 5 comparesneutralizing immune responses (specific for each vaccine) determined inpooled sera of hamsters in the above-described experiment (SCinoculation) to those after IP immunization, for PIV-WN, -YF/WN, -WN/JE,and -YF after the first dose (days 20-21) and second dose (days 34-38).A clear effect of the immunization route was observed both after the1^(st) and 2^(nd) doses. For instance, for PIV-WN after 1^(st) dose, SCimmunization resulted in WN-specific PRNT50 titer of 1:40, while IPinoculation resulted in much higher titer 1:320 (and after the 2^(nd)dose, titers were similar). A more pronounced effect was observed forother constructs after both the 1^(st) and 2^(nd) doses. Interestingly,PIV-YF/WN was very highly immunogenic by IP route (titer 1:320 after1^(st) IP dose vs. 1:20 by SC, and 1:1,280 after 2^(nd) dose vs. 1:160by SC). Similarly, immunogenicity of PIV-JE was significantly increased(e.g., JE-specific titer of 1:640 after two IP poses). Thus, bettertargeting of lymphoid cells, specifically antigen-presenting cells(which are more abundant in the abdomen as opposed to tissues under theskin), is an important consideration for use of PIV vaccines. In humans,efficient targeting of dendritic cells of the skin, increasing themagnitude of immune response, can be achieved by intradermal delivery,which we thus propose for a route for PIV immunization of humans.

In the above-described experiments, we also determined whether aneutralizing antibody response was induced against packaging envelopes(as opposed to response to VLPs encoded by PIV constructs and secretedby infected cells). No WN-specific neutralizing antibodies were detectedby PRNT₅₀ in animals immunized with 5 log_(in) FFU of the secondcomponent of WN d-PIV, containing the ΔC-prM-E deletion and thus notencoding VLPs, but packaged into the WN envelope in BHK-CprME(WN) helpercells, and no YF-specific neutralizing activity was found in sera fromanimals immunized with 4 log₁₀ FFU of the second component of YF d-PIVpackaged in YF envelope. No YF-specific neutralizing response wasinduced by two doses of PIV-YF/WN packaged into YF envelope, andsimilarly, no WN-specific response was induced by two doses of PIV-JEpackaged into WN envelope. The absence of neutralizing response againstpackaging envelopes permits manufacturing different PIV vaccines in one(universal) manufacturing helper cell line, or immunization of oneindividual with different recombinant vaccines based on the same vector,according to the present invention.

PIV Cocktails

Because PIVs undergo a single (optionally several, but limited) round(s)of replication in vivo, we considered that mixtures of different PIVvaccines can be administered without interference between individualconstructs in the mixture (cocktail). To elucidate whether PIV vaccinescan be used in cocktail formulations, immune responses in mice andhamsters to several PIV constructs given as mixtures were compared tothe same constructs given individually. Similar results were obtained inboth animal models. Results of mouse experiments are shown in Table 6.Similar anti-JE neutralizing antibody titers were observed in pools ofsera from animals that were given one or two doses of eitherPIV-JE+PIV-WN mixture or PIV-JE alone (1:20 vs. 1:80 and 1:640 vs.1:160, for one and two doses, respectively). Similarly, WN-specifictiters against PIV-JE+PIV-WN mixture and PIV-WN alone were similar(1:320 vs. 1:640 and 1:5,120 vs. 1:5,120 for one and 2 doses,respectively). No or little cross-specific response was induced byeither PIV-JE or -WN. The result was also confirmed by measuring PRNT₅₀titers in sera from individual animals. Thus, it is clear that PIVvaccines can be efficiently administered as cocktails, inducing immunityagainst two or more flavivirus pathogens. In addition, as discussedabove, various cocktails can be made between non-flavivirus PIVvaccines, or between any of flavivirus and non-flavivirus PIV vaccines.

In Vitro Studies

Different PIV prototypes were serially passaged up to 10 times in helperBHK cells, for s-PIVs, or in regular Vero cells, for d-PIVs. Samplesharvested after each passage were titrated in Vero cells byimmunostaining. Constructs grew to high titers, and no recombinationrestoring whole virus was observed. For instance, PIV-WN consistentlygrew to titers 7-8 log₁₀ FFU/ml in BHK-CprME(WN) helper cells(containing a VEE replicon expressing the WN virus C-prM-E proteins),and WN d-PIV grew to titers exceeding 8 log₁₀ FFU/ml in Vero cells,without recombination.

Example 2 PIV-TBE

PIV-TBE vaccine candidates can be assembled based entirely on sequencesfrom wt TBE virus or the closely serologically related Langat (LGT)virus (naturally attenuated virus, e.g., wt strain TP-21 or itsempirically attenuated variant, strain E5), or based on chimericsequences containing the backbone (capsid and non-structural sequences)from YF 17D or other flaviviruses, such as WN virus, and the prM-Eenvelope protein genes from TBE, LGT, or other serologically relatedflaviviruses from the TBE serocomplex. YF/TBE LAV candidates areconstructed based on the backbone from YF 17D and the prM-E genes fromTBE or related viruses (e.g., the E5 strain of LGT), similar to otherchimeric LAV vaccines.

Construction of PIV-TBE and YF/TBE LAV vaccine prototypes was performedby cloning of appropriate genetic elements into plasmids for PIV-WN(Mason et al., Virology 351:432-443, 2006; Suzuki et al., J. Virol.82:6942-6951, 2008), or plasmids for chimeric LAVs (e.g., pBSA-AR1, asingle-plasmid version of infectious clone of YF/JE LAV; WO2008/036146), respectively, using standard methods in the art of reversegenetics. The prM-E sequences of TBE virus strain Hypr (GenBankaccession number U39292) and LGT strain E5 (GenBank accession numberAF253420) were first computer codon-optimized to conform to thepreferential codon usage in the human genome, and to eliminatenucleotide sequence repeats longer than 8 nt to ensure high geneticstability of inserts (if determined to be necessary, further shorteningof nt sequence repeats can be performed). The genes were chemicallysynthesized and cloned into plasmids for PIV-WN and YF/JE LAV, in placeof corresponding prM-E genes. Resulting plasmids were in vitrotranscribed and appropriate cells (Vero for chimeric viruses, and helperBHK cells for PIV) were transfected with RNA transcripts to generatevirus/PIV samples.

YF/TBE LAV Constructs

In YF/TBE constructs containing either the TBE Hypr (plasmids p42, p45,and p59) or LGT E5 (plasmid P43) prM-E genes, two different types of theC/prM junction were first examined (see in FIG. 6; C/prM junctions onlyare shown in Sequence Appendix 1, and complete 5′-terminal sequencescovering the 5′UTR-C-prM-E-beginning of NS1 region are shown in SequenceAppendix 2). The p42-derived YF17D/Hypr chimera contained a hybridYF17D/Hypr signal peptide for the prM protein, while the p45-derivedYF17D/Hypr chimera contained a hybrid YF17D/WN signal peptide for prM(Sequence Appendix 1). The former chimeric virus produced very hightiters at both P0 (immediately after transfection) and P1 (the nextpassage in Vero cells), up to 7.9 log₁₀ PFU/ml, which were 0.5 log₁₀times higher, compared to the latter virus; in addition it formedsignificantly larger plaques in Vero cells (FIG. 6). Thus, use ofTBE-specific residues in the signal peptide for prM conferred asignificant growth advantage over the signal containing WN-specificresidues. The p43-derived YF17D/LGT chimera had the same prM signal asthe p42-derived virus; it also produced very high titers at P0 and P1passages (up to 8.1 log₁₀ PFU/ml) and formed large plaques. A derivativeof the p42-derived virus was also produced from plasmid p59, whichcontained a strong attenuating mutation characterized previously in thecontext of a YF/WN LAV vaccine virus, specifically, a 3-a.a. deletion inthe YF17D-specific C protein (PSR, residues 40-42 in the beginning ofα-Helix 1; WO 2006/116182). As expected, the p59 virus grew to lowertiters (5.6 and 6.5 log₁₀ PFU/ml at P0 and P1, respectively), and formedsmall plaques (determined in a separate titration experiment and thusnot shown in FIG. 6), compared to the parent p42-derived chimera. Theseinitial observations of growth properties of YF/TBE LAV prototypes, andcorrelation of replication in vitro with plaque morphologies, have beenconfirmed in growth curve experiments (FIG. 8).

PIV-TBE Constructs

PIV-WN/TBE variants were constructed, and packaged PIV samples werederived from plasmids p39 and p40 (FIG. 7; Sequence Appendix 1 for C/prMjunction sequences, and Sequence Appendix 3 for complete5′UTR-ΔC-prM-E-beginning of NS1 sequences). These contained completeHypr or WN prM signals, respectively. Both PIVs were successfullyrecovered and propagated in BHK-CprME(WN) or BHK-C(WN) helper cells(Mason et al., Virology 351:432-443, 2006; Widman et al., Vaccine26:2762-2771, 2008). The P0 and P1 sample titers of the p39 variant were0.2-1.0 log₁₀ times, higher than p40 variant. In addition, Vero cellsinfected with p39 variant were stained brighter in immunofluorescenceassay using a polyclonal TBE-specific antibody, compared to p40,indicative of more efficient replication (FIG. 7). The higher rate ofreplication of the p39 candidate than p40 candidate was confirmed in agrowth curve experiment (FIG. 8). In the latter experiment, bothcandidates appeared to grow better in the BHK-C(WN) helper cellscompared to BHK-CprME(WN), with the p39 variant reaching titer of ˜7log₁₀ PFU/ml on day 5 (note that peak titers have not been reached). Thediscovery of the effect of prM signal on replication rates of both PIVand chimeric LAV vaccine candidates, and head-to-head comparison ofdifferent signals to generate the most efficiently replicating andimmunogenic (see above) construct, are a distinguishing feature of ourapproach. As discussed above, the invention also includes the use ofother flavivirus signals, including with appropriate mutations, theuncoupling the viral protease and signalase cleavages at the C/prMjunction, e.g., by mutating or deleting the viral protease cleavage siteat the C-terminus of C preceding the prM signal, the use of strongnon-flavivirus signals (e.g., tPA signal, etc.) in place of prM signal,as well as optimization of sequences downstream from the signalasecleavage site.

Other PIV-TBE variants based entirely on wt TBE (Hypr strain) and LGTvirus (TP21 wild type strain or attenuated E5 strain), and chimeric YF17D backbone/prM-E (TBE or LGT) sequences are also included in theinvention. Helper cells providing appropriate C, C-prM-E, etc., proteins(e.g., TBE-specific) for trans-complementation can be constructed bymeans of stable DNA transfection or through the use of an appropriatevector, e.g., an alphavirus replicon, such as based on VEE strain TC-83,with antibiotic selection of replicon-containing cells. Vero and BHK21cells can be used in practice of the invention. The former are anapproved substrate for human vaccine manufacture; any other cell lineacceptable for human and/or veterinary vaccine manufacturing can be alsoused. In addition to s-PIV constructs, d-PIV constructs can also beassembled. To additionally ascertain safety for vaccinees and theenvironment, appropriate modifications can be employed, including theuse of degenerate codons and complementary mutations in the 5′ and 3′ CSelements, to minimize chances of recombination that theoretically couldresult in viable virus. Following construction, all vaccine candidatescan be evaluated in vitro for manufacturability/stability, and in vivofor attenuation and immunogenicity/efficacy, in available pre-clinicalanimal models, such as those used in development and quality control ofTBE and YF vaccines.

Neurovirulence and Neuroinvasiveness in Mice of PIV-TBE and YF/TBE LAVConstructs

Young adult ICR mice (˜3.5 week-old), were inoculated with graded dosesof PIV-TBE and YF/TBE LAV candidates by the IC route to measureneurovirulence, or IP route to measure neuroinvasiveness (and laterimmunogenicity/efficacy). Animals that received 5 log₁₀ FFU of PIV-Hypr(p39 and p40) variants by both routes survived and showed no signs ofsickness, similar to mock-inoculated animals (Table 7), and thus PIV-TBEvaccines are completely avirulent. Mice inoculated IC with YF 17Dcontrol (1-3 log₁₀ PFU) showed dose-dependent mortality, while allanimals inoculated IP (5 log₁₀ PFU) survived, in accord with theknowledge that YF 17D virus is not neuroinvasive. All animals thatreceived graded IC doses (2-4 log₁₀ PFU) of YF/TBE LAV prototypes p42,p45, p43, and p59 died (moribund animals were humanely euthanized).These variants appear to be less attenuated than YF 17D, e.g., asevidenced by complete mortality and shorter AST at the 2 log₁₀ PFU dose,the lowest dose tested for YF/TBE LAV candidates. The non-neurovirulentphenotype of PIV-TBE, virulent phenotype of YF/TBE LAV andintermediate-virulence phenotype of YF 17D are also illustrated in FIG.9, showing survival curves of mice after IC inoculation. It should benoted that the p43 (LGT prM-E genes) and p59 (the dC2 deletion variantof YF/Hypr LAV) were less neurovirulent than p42 and p45 YF/Hypr LAVconstructs as evidenced by larger AST values for corresponding doses(Table 7). In addition, p43 and p59 candidates were non-neuroinvasive,while p42 and p45 caused partial mortality after IP inoculation (5 log₁₀PFU/dose) (Table 7; FIG. 10). It should be noted however that all theYF/TBE LAV constructs were significantly attenuated as compared to wtTBE viruses, e.g., compared to wt TBE Hypr virus, which is uniformlyhighly virulent for mice, both at very low IC (LD₅₀˜0.1 PFU) and IP(LD₅₀≦10 PFU) doses (Wallner et al., J. Gen. Virol. 77:1035-1042, 1996;Mandl et al., J. Virol. 72:2132-2140, 1998; Mandl et al., J. Gen. Virol.78:1049-1057, 1997

Immunogenicity/Efficacy of PIV-TBE and YF/TBE LAV Constructs in Mice

TBE-specific neutralizing antibody responses in mice immunized IP withone or two doses of the PIV-TBE or YF/TBE LAV variants described above,or a human formalin-inactivated TBE vaccine control (1:30 of human dose)are being measured. Animals have been challenged with a high IP dose(500 PFU) of wt Hypr TBE virus; morbidity (e.g., weight loss), andmortality after challenge are monitored.

Immunogenicity/Efficacy of PIV-TBE and YF/TBE LAV Constructs in Mice

TBE-specific neutralizing antibody responses in mice immunized IP withone or two doses of the PIV-TBE or YF/TBE LAV variants described above(from experiment in Table 7), or a human formalin-inactivated TBEvaccine control (1:20 of human dose; one or two doses), or YF 17D andmock controls, were measured on day 20 by PRNT₅₀ against wt TBE Hyprvirus (Table 8; second dose of indicated test articles was given on day14). [Titers were determined in individual sera, or pooled sera from twoanimals in most cases, or pooled sera from 4 animals for the YF17D andMock negative controls]. Titers in individual test samples as well asGMTs for each group are provided in Table 8. Titers in test samples weresimilar within each group, e.g., in groups immunized with PIVs,indicating high uniformity of immune response in animals. As expected,no TBE-specific neutralizing antibodies were detected in negativecontrol groups (YF 17D and Mock; GMTs <1:10); accordingly, animals inthese groups were not protected from challenge on day 21post-immunization with a high IP dose (500 PFU) of wt Hypr TBE virus.Mortalities from partial observation (on day 9 post-challenge;observation being continued) are provided in Table 8, and dynamics ofaverage post-challenge body weights indicative of morbidity are shown inFIG. 11. Neutralizing antibodies were detected in killed vaccinecontrols, which were particularly high after two doses (GMT 1:1,496);animals in the 2-dose group were completely protected in that there wasno mortality or body weight loss (but not animals in the 1-dose group).Animals that received both one and two doses of PIV-Hypr p39 had veryhigh antibody titers (GMTs 1:665 and 1:10,584) and were solidlyprotected, demonstrating that robust protective immunity can be inducedby s-PIV-TBE, defective vaccine. The two animals that survivedimmunization with YF/Hypr p42 chimera (see in Table 7) also had highantibody titers (GMT 1:6,085) and were protected (Table 8; FIG. 11).Interestingly, PIV-Hypr p40 and YF/Hypr p45 were poorly immunogenic(GMTs 1:15 and 1:153 for one and two doses, and 1:68, respectively). Asdiscussed above, these contained WN-specific sequences in the signal forprM, while the highly immunogenic PIV-Hypr p39 and YF/Hypr p42constructs contained TBE-specific signal sequences. In agreement withdiscussion above, this result demonstrates the importance of choosingthe right prM signal, e.g., the TBE-specific signal, to achievehigh-level replication/VLP secretion, which in this experiment in vivoresulted in drastically different immune responses. Immunogenicity ofYF/LGT p43 and YF/Hypr dC2 p59 chimeras was relatively low which couldbe expected, because of the use of a heterologous envelope (LGT,different from challenge TBE virus) and high attenuating effect of thedC2 deletion, respectively.

Example 3 Foreign Gene Expression

In the examples of recombinant PIV constructs described below, genes ofinterest were codon optimized (e.g., for efficient expression in atarget vaccination host) and to eliminate long nt sequence repeats toincrease insert stability (≧8 nt long; additional shortening of repeatscan be performed if necessary), and then chemically synthesized. Thegenes were cloned into PIV-WN vector plasmids using standard methods ofmolecular biology well known in the art, and packaged PIVs wererecovered following in vitro transcription and transfection ofappropriate helper (for s-PIVs) or regular (for d-PIVs) cells.

Expression of Rabies Virus G Protein in WN s-PIV and d-PIV

Rabies virus, Rhabdoviridae family, is a significant human andveterinary pathogen. Despite the availability of several (killed)vaccines, improved vaccines are still needed for both veterinary andhuman use (e.g. as an inexpensive pre-exposure prophylactic vaccines).Rabies virus glycoprotein G mediates entry of the virus into cells andis the main immunogen. It has been expressed in other vectors with thepurpose of developing veterinary vaccines (e.g., Pastoret and Brochier,Epidemio. Infect. 116:235-240, 1996; Li et al., Virology 356:147-154,2006).

Full length rabies virus G protein (original Pasteur virus isolate,GenBank accession number NC_(—)001542) was codon-optimized, chemicallysynthesized, and inserted adjacent to the ΔC, ΔprM-E and ΔC-prM-Edeletions in PIV-WN vectors (FIG. 12). The sequences of constructs areprovided in Sequence Appendix 4. General designs of the constructs areillustrated in FIG. 13. The entire G protein containing its own signalpeptide was inserted in-frame downstream from the WN C protein eitherwith the ΔC deletion (ΔC and ΔC-prM-E constricts) or without (ΔprM-E)and a few residues from the prM signal. Foot and mouth disease virus(FMDV) 2A autoprotease was placed downstream from the transmembraneC-terminal anchor of G to provide cleavage of C-terminus of G from theviral polyprotein during translation. The FMDV 2A element is followed byWN-specific signal for prM and prM-E-NS1-5 genes in the ΔC construct, orsignal for NS1 and NS1-5 genes in ΔprM-E and ΔC-prM-E constructs.

Packaged WN(ΔC)-rabiesG, WN(ΔprME)-rabiesG, and WN(ΔCprME)-rabiesG PIVswere produced by transfection of helper BHK cells complementing the PIVvector deletion [containing a Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus(strain TC-83) replicon expressing WN virus structural proteins fortrans-complementation]. Efficient replication and expression of rabies Gprotein was demonstrated for the three constructs bytransfection/infection of BHK-C(WN) and/or BHK-C-prM-E(WN) helper cells,as well as regular BHK cells, by immunostaining and immunofluorescenceassay (IFA) using anti-Rabies G monoclonal antibody (RabG-Mab) (FIG.14). Titers were determined in Vero cells by immunostaining with the Mabor an anti-WN virus polyclonal antibody. Growth curves of the constructsin BHK-CprME(WN) cells after transfection with in vitro RNA transcriptsare shown in FIG. 14, bottom panels. The PIVs grew efficiently to titers˜6 to >7 log₁₀ FFU/ml. Importantly, nearly identical titers weredetected by both RabG-Mab and WN-antibody staining, which was the firstevidence of genetic stability of the insert. In PIV-infected Vero cells,which were fixed but not permeabilized, strong membrane staining wasobserved by RabG-Mab staining, demonstrating that the product wasefficiently delivered to the cell surface (FIG. 15). The latter is knownto be the main prerequisite for high immunogenicity of expressed G.Individual packaged PIVs can spread following infection of helper BHKcells, but cannot spread in regular cells as illustrated forWN(ΔC)-rabiesG PIV in FIG. 16. The fact that there is no spread in naïveBHK cells demonstrates that the recombinant RNA genomes cannot benon-specifically packaged into membrane vesicles containing the Gprotein, if produced by PIV infected cells. An identical result wasobtained with the G protein of another rhabdovirus, Vesicular stomatitisvirus (VSV), contrary to previous observations of non-specific packagingof Semliki Forest virus (SFV) replicon expressing VSV G protein (Rollset al., Cell 79:497-506, 1994). The latter is a desired safety feature.[Alternatively, some non-specific packaging could result in a limitedspread of PIV in vivo, potentially enhancing anti-rabies immuneresponse. The latter could be also a beneficial feature, given that suchPIV is demonstrated to be safe]. The stability of the rabies G insert inthe three PIVs was demonstrated by serial passages in helperBHK-CprME(WN) cells at high or low MOI (0.1 or 0.001 FFU/cell). At eachpassage, cell supernatants were harvested and titrated in regular cells(e.g., Vero cells) using immunostaining with an anti-WN polyclonalantibody to determine total PIV titer, or anti-rabies G monoclonalantibody to determine titer of particles containing the G gene(illustrated for MOI 0.1 in FIG. 17; similar results were obtained atMOI 0.001). The WN(ΔC)-rabiesG PIV was stable for 5 passages, while thetiter of insert-containing PIV started declining at passage 6,indicative of insert instability. This could be expected, because inthis construct, large G gene insert (˜1500 nt) is combined with a smallΔC deletion (˜200 nt), significantly increasing the overall size of therecombinant RNA genome. In contrast, in WN(ΔprME)-rabiesG, andWN(ΔCprME)-rabiesG PIVs, the insert is combined with a much largerdeletion (˜2000 nt). Therefore, these constructs stably maintained theinsert for all 10 passages examined (FIG. 17). Further, it can be seenin FIG. 17 that at some passages, titers as high as 8 log₁₀ FFU/ml, orhigher, were attained for all three PIVs, additionally demonstratingthat PIVs can be easily propagated to high yields.

Following inoculation in vivo individually, the WN(ΔC)-rabiesG s-PIV isexpected to induce strong neutralizing antibody immune responses againstboth rabies and WN viruses, as well as T-cell responses. TheWN(ΔprME)-rabiesG and WN(ΔCprME)-rabiesG PIVs will induce humoral immuneresponse only against rabies because they do not encode the WN prM-Egenes. WN(ΔC)-rabiesG s-PIV construct can be also co-inoculated withWN(ΔprME)-rabiesG construct in a d-PIV formulation (see in FIG. 12),increasing the dose of expressed G protein, and with enhanced immunityagainst both pathogens due to limited spread. As an example of spread,titration results in Vero cells of a s-PIV sample, WN(ΔprME)-rabiesG,and a d-PIV sample, WN(ΔprME)-rabiesG+WN(ΔC) PIV (the latter did notencode rabies G protein), are shown in FIG. 18. Infection of naïve Verocells with s-PIV gave only individual cells stainable with RabG-Mab (orsmall clusters formed due to division of cells). In contrast, large fociwere observed following infection with the d-PIV sample (FIG. 18, rightpanel) that were products of coinfection with the two PIV types.

The WN(ΔCprME)-rabiesG construct can be also used in a d-PIVformulation, if it is co-inoculated with a helper genome providingC-prM-E in trans (see in FIG. 12). For example it can be a WN virusgenome containing a deletion of one of the NS proteins, e.g., NS1, NS3,or NS5, which are known to be trans-complementable (Khromykh et al., J.Virol. 73:10272-10280, 1999; Khromykh et al., J. Virol. 74:3253-3263,2000). We have constructed a WN-ΔNS1 genome (sequence provided inSequence Appendix 4) and obtained evidence of co-infection withWN(ΔprME)-rabiesG or WN(ΔCprME)-rabiesG constructs, and spread in vitro,by immunostaining. In the case of such d-PIVs, rabies G protein can bealso inserted and expressed in helper genome, e.g., WN-ΔNS1 genome, toincrease the amount of expressed rabies G protein resulting in anincreased anti-rabies immune response. As with any dPIV versions, oneimmunogen can be from one pathogen (e.g., rabies G) and the other from asecond pathogen, resulting in three antigenic specificities of vaccine.As discussed above, ΔNS1 deletions can be replaced with or used incombination with ΔNS3 and/or ΔNS5 deletions/mutations, in otherexamples.

Expression of RSV F Protein in WN s-PIV and d-PIV

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), member of Paramyxoviridae family, isthe leading cause of severe respiratory tract disease in young childrenworldwide (Collins and Crowe, Respiratory Syncytial Virus andMetapneumovirus, In: Knipe et al. Eds., Fields Virology, 5^(th) ed.,Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams and Wilkins,2007:1601-1646). Fusion protein F of the virus is a lead viral antigenfor developing a safe and effective vaccine. To avoid post-vaccinationexacerbation of RSV infection observed previously with aformalin-inactivated vaccine candidate, a balanced Th1/Th2 response to Fis required which can be achieved by better TLR stimulation, aprerequisite for induction of high-affinity antibodies (Delgado et al.,Nat. Med. 15:34-41, 2009), which should be achievable through deliveringF in a robust virus-based vector. We have previously demonstrated thecapacity of yellow fever virus-based chimeric LAV vectors to induce astrong, balanced Th1/Th2 response in vivo against an influenza antigen(WO 2008/036146). In the present invention, both yellow fevervirus-based chimeric LAVs and PIV vectors are used for delivering RSV Fto induce optimal immune response profile. Other LAVs and PIV vectorsdescribed herein can also be used for this purpose.

Full-length RSV F protein of A2 strain of the virus (GenBank accessionnumber P03420) was codon optimized as described above, synthesized, andcloned into plasmids for PIV-WN s-PIV and d-PIV, using the insertionschemes shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 for rabies G protein, by applyingstandard methods of molecular biology. Exact sequences of the insertionsand surrounding genetic elements are provided in Sequence Appendix 5. Invitro RNA transcripts of resulting WN(ΔC)-RSV F, WN(ΔprME)-RSV F, andWN(ΔCprME)-RSV F PIV constructs were used to transfect helperBHK-CprME(WN) cells. Efficient replication and expression of RSV Fprotein was first demonstrated by immunostaining of transfected cellswith an anti-RSV F Mab, as illustrated for the WN(ΔprME)-RSV F constructin FIG. 19. The presence of packaged PIVs in the supernatants fromtransfected cells (titer as high as 7 log10 FFU/ml) was determined bytitration in Vero cells with immunostaining. Additionally, similarconstructs can be used that contain a modified full length F proteingene. Specifically, the N-terminal native signal peptide of F isreplaced in modified F protein with the one from rabies virus G protein.The modification is intended to elucidate whether the use of aheterologous signal can increase the rate of F protein synthesis and/orreplication of PIVs.

TABLE 1 PIV prototype constructs used in platform development studiesConstruct Genetic composition Packaged in PIV-WN wt NY99 WN virus WNenvelope; BHK-CprME(WN) or BHK-C(WN) helper cells (Mason et al.,Virology 2006, 351: 432- 43; Widman et al., Vaccine 2008, 26: 2762-71)PIV-YF/WN Envelope (VLP): wt WN NY99 YF 17D envelope; BHK-CprME(YF)helper cells Backbone: YF 17D (Widman et al., Adv Virus Res. 2008, 72:77-126) PIV-WN/JE Envelope (VLP): wt JE Nakayama JE or WN envelope;BHK-C(WN) or BHK- Backbone: wt WN NY99 CprME(WN) helper cells (Ishikawaet al., Vaccine 2008, 26: 2772-8) PIV-YF YF 17D YF 17D envelope;BHK-CprME(YF) or BHK-C(YF) helper cells (Mason et al., Virology 2006,351: 432- 43)

TABLE 2 Safety: Suckling mouse neurovirulence¹ Doses Mortality ASTConstruct (log₁₀) (%) (days)² PIV-YF 1-4 0/10 (0%) na PIV-WN 2-5 0/10(0%) na PIV-WN/JE 1-4 0/11 (0%) na PIV-YF/WN 1-4 0/10-11 (0%) na WNd-PIV 1-4 0/10-11 (0%) na YF d-PIV 1-4 0/10 (0%) na YF17D 2 10/10 (100%)7.6 1 10/10 (100%) 9.3 0 9/10 (90%) 9.9 −1   3/10 (30%) 9.6 YF/JE 4 9/11(82%) 9.7 3 7/10 (70%) 12.3  2 3/11 (27%) 12   1 0/11 (0%) na YF/WN 32/11 (18%) 12.5  0-2 0/10-11 (0%) na ¹Single dose, IC inoculation, ICR5-day old mice, graded log doses administered. ²AST for mice that died;na, not applicable.

TABLE 3 PIV highly immunosenic and efficacious in mice¹ PRNT PRNTPost-challenge Group Dose Day 20 Day 34 mortality (%) PIV-WN 10⁵ 6401280 0/8 (0%) 10⁶ 1280 2560 1/8 (12.5%) 10⁶ + 10⁵ 2560 2560 0/6 (0%)YF/WN control 10⁴ 1280 2560 1/8 (12.5%) PIV-WN/JE 10⁴ 10 20 N/D 10⁵ 2020 N/D 10⁵ + 10⁵ 20 160 N/D YF/JE control 10⁴ 160 320 N/D PIV-YF 10⁴ <10<10 8/8 (100%) 10⁵ <10 <10 5/7 (71%) 10⁵ + 10⁵ 10 10 2/5 (40%) YF17Dcontrol 10⁴ 640 1280 0/7 (0%) Mock control WN challenge Diluent N/D 07/7 (100%) YF challenge Diluent N/D 0 8/8 (100%) ¹IP immunization (d 0prime, and d 21 boost in select groups); challenge on d 35: wt WN NY99,3 log₁₀ PFU IP, 270 LD50; wt YF Asibi, 3 log₁₀ PFU IC, 500 LD50; N/D,not determined.

TABLE 4 PIV are immunogenic in hamsters and protect against challenge¹POST-CHALLENGE PRNT Peak viremia Group Dose(s) Day 38 MortalityMorbidity (log) PIV-WN 10⁵ 320 0/5 (0%) 0/5 (0%) 2.3 10⁶ 640 0/5 (0%)0/5 (0%) 1.8 10⁶ + 10⁵ 1280 0/5 (0%) 0/5 (0%) <1.3 YF/WN control 10⁴≧2560 0/5 (0%) 0/5 (0%) <1.3 PIV-WN/JE 10⁴ 20 2/5 (40%) 2/5 (40%) 2.210⁵ + 10⁵ 40 0/5 (0%) 0/5 (0%) <1.3 YF/JE control 10⁴ 2560 0/5 (0%) 0/5(0%) 1.3 PIV-YF 10⁴ <10 1/3 (33%) 3/3 (100%) 8.3 10⁵ <10 1/5 (20%) 4/5(80%) 8.3 10⁵ + 10⁵ 20 0/4 (0%) 0/4 (0%) 2.5 YF17D control 10⁴ ≧2560 0/4(0%) 0/4 (0%) <1.3 Mock control WN challenge Diluent <10 3/4 (75%) 4/4(100%) 4.0 YF challenge Diluent <10 1/4 (25%) 4/4 (100%) 8.4 JEchallenge Diluent <10 2/5 (40%) 2/5 (40%) 3.0 ¹Syrian hamsters, SCinoculation (d 0, and d 21 in select groups); challenge (d 39): wt WNNY385/99 6 log₁₀ PFU IP, wt JE Nakayama 5.8 log₁₀ PFU IC, orhamster-adapted YF Asibi 7 log₁₀ PFU IP (McArthur et al., J. Virol. 77:1462-1468, 2003; McArthur et al., Virus Res. 110: 65-71, 2005).

TABLE 5 Immunization of hamsters with PIV: comparison of SC and IProutes PRNT Day 20-21 Boost PRNT Day 34-38 Inoculums SC IP (log₁₀) SC IPPIV-WN 40 320 5 1280 1280 PIV-YF/WN 10 320 5 160 1280 PIV-WN/JE 10 80 540 640 PIV-YF <10 10 5 20 80

TABLE 6 Immune responses to PIV cocktails (mice)¹ PRNT Day 20 PRNT Day34 Group Dose Anti-JE Anti-WN Anti-JE Anti-WN PIV-WN/JE + 10⁵ + 10⁵ 20320 640 5120 RV-WN PIV-WN/JE alone 10⁵ 80 <10 160 20 PIV-WN alone 10⁵<10 640 <10 5120 Mock — <10 <10 <10 <10 ¹C57/BL6 mice, IP inoculationson days 0 and 21; pooled serum PRNT liters.

TABLE 7 Neurovirulence (IC inoculation) and neuroinvasiveness (IPinoculation) of PIV-TBE and YF/TBE vaccine constructs in adult ICR miceNeurovirulence (IC route) Neuroinvasiveness (IP route) Dose(s) MortalityAST, Dose(s) Mortality AST, Construct (log₁₀) (%) days¹ (log₁₀) (%)days¹ PIV-Hypr p39 5 0/7 (0%) na 5 0/16 (0%) na PIV-Hypr p40 5 0/6 (0%)na 5 0/16 (0%) na YF/Hypr p42 4 8/8 (100%) 6.3 5 6/8 (75%) 13.3 3 8/8(100%) 6.4 2 8/8 (100%) 7.4 YF/LGT p43 4 8/8 (100%) 7.9 5 0/8 (0%) na 38/8 (100%) 7.6 2 8/8 (100%) 8.4 YF/Hypr p45 4 8/8 (100%) 6.1 5 5/8(62.5%) 11.2 3 8/8 (100%) 6.6 2 8/8 (100%) 6.8 YF/Hypr dC2 p59 4 8/8(100%) 6.6 5 0/8 (0%) na 3 8/8 (100%) 7.4 2 8/8 (100%) 8.1 YF 17D 3 8/8(100%) 9  5 0/8 (0%) na 2 7/8 (87.5%) 9.6 1 4/8 (50%) 10   Mock(diluent) none 0/8 (0%) na none 0/8 (0%) na ¹AST for mice that died.

TABLE 8 Neutralizing antibody titers (PRNT₅₀) in mice immunized IP(determined against wt TBE virus Hypr), and protection from challenge(postchallenge observation, day 9) Postchallenge Dose(s), PRNT₅₀ titer,PRNT₅₀ mortality (%) Immunogen log₁₀ individ. samples¹ GMT on day 9²PIV-Hypr p39, 1 dose 5 1746 (2) 665 0/8 (0%) 1187 (2) 164 (2) 574 (2)PIV-Hypr p39, 2 doses 5 + 5 16229 (2) 10,584 0/8 (0%) 12928 (2) 12927(2) 4627 (2) PIV-Hypr p40, 1 dose 5 <10 (2) 15 6/8 (75%) <10 (2) 18 (2)33 (2) PIV-Hypr p40, 2 doses 5 + 5 169 (2) 153 1/8 (12.5%) 638 (2) 26(2) 192 (2) YF/Hypr p42 5 9210 (1) 6,085 0/2 (0%) 4020 (1) YF/LGT p43 5123 (2) 64 1/8 (12.5%) 32 (2) 96 (2) 45 (2) YF/Hypr p45 5 292 (2) 68 0/3(0%) 16 (1) YF/Hypr dC2 p59 5 194 (2) 68 0/8 (0%) 93 (2) 45 (2) 26 (2)Killed human TBE vaccine, 1 1/20 19 (2) 12 1/8 (12.5%) dose (at 1/20 <10(2) of human dose) 13 (2) <10 (2) Killed human TBE vaccine, 2 1/20 +1/20 3435 (2) 1,496 0/6 (0%) doses (each at 1/20 1267 (2) of human dose)770 (2) YF 17D control 5 <10 (4) <10 5/8 (62.5%) 11 (4) Mock none <10(4) <10 4/8 (50%) <10 (4) ¹Numbers in parenthesis correspond to numberof mice in each pooled serum sample tested. ²Mortalities on day 9 areshown.

TABLE 9 Examples of published attenuating E protein mutations that canbe used for attenuation of chimeric TBE LAV candidates Residue DomainComments Attenuation in Reference N52R II DI-DII hinge, possiblyinvolved in hinge JE, YF Hasegawa et al, 1992, motion required forfusion activation Schlesinger et al, 1996 E84K II conserved, E in TBE,K/R in others, TBE Labuda et al, 1994 attenuated by passage in Ixodesricinus ticks, DII contains flavivirus cross reactive epitopes E85K IIconserved, E in TBE, K/R in others, JE Wu et al, 1997 attenuationobtained as plaque variants in Vero cells, DII contains flavivirus crossreactive epitopes H104K II within highly conserved fusion peptide (aaTBE Rey et al, 1995 98-113), H in TBE, G in others L107F II withinhighly conserved fusion peptide (aa TBE, JE, WN Rey et al, 1995, Arroyo98-113), L in all flaviviruses, F in attenuated et al, 1999, 2004 JET123K II DI-DII hinge, T in TBE, A in KFD TBE Holzmann et al, 1997 K126EII DI-DII hinge, K in TBE, E in D-2 DEN2 Bray, 98 K136E II DI-DII hinge,K in TBE and JE, E in D-2 JE N154L(Y) I glycosylation site, packed withconserved H DEN2, DEN4, YF Guirakhoo et al, 1993, Pletnev et 104,involved in fusion. al, 1993, Kawano et al, 1993, Jennings et al, 1994K171E I external edge of DI, involved in fusion TBE Mandl, 1989,Holzmann, 1997 I173T external edge of Dl, involved in fusion YF Chambersand Nickells 2001 D181Y DI-DII hinge TBE Holzmann et al, 1997 K204RLining Hydrophobic pocket, involve in DEN1, DEN3 Guirakhoo et al, 2004fusion P272S II highly conserved, junction of one the of 2 JE Cecilia etal, 1991 alpha helices G308N III cell attachment, DKT in TBE, EGS inKFD, T- LI Jiang et al, 1993, Gao et al, 1994 X in others, change to Nproduced glycosylation site in LI and reduced virulence N-X-T/Sglycosylation motif S310K III putative cell attachment, change from E toJE Jiang et al, 1993, Gao et al, 1994 G in JE reduced virulence Wu etal, 1997 K311E III highly conserved, putative cell attachment TBE, YFRey et al, 1995, Jennings, 1994 T333L III putative cell attachment YF,LGT Raynman et al, 1998 G334K III putative cell attachment YF Chambersand Nickells, 2001 S335K III putative cell attachment JE Wu et al, 1997K336D III putative cell attachment JE Cecilia and Gould, 1991 P337D IIIputative cell attachment JE Cecilia and Gould, 1991 G368R III putativecell attachment TBE, JE Holzman et al 1997, Hasegawa et al 1992 Y384HIII change to H attenuated TBE, putative cell TBE Holzmann et al, 1990attachment, −3 position to deleted RGD in TBE V385R III conserved, −2position to deleted RGD in D2 Hiramatsu et al, 1996, TBE, putative cellattachment Lobigs, 1990 G386R III highly conserved, −1 position todeleted D2, MVE Hiramatsu, 1996, Lobigs et al, RGD in TBE, putative cellattachment 1990 E387R III conserved, +2 position to deleted RGD in D2,MVE Hiramatsu, 1996, Lobigs et al, TBE, putative cell attachment 1990F403K none highly conserved, C-terminal region not D-2, D-4 Kawano etal, 1993, Bray et al, included in crystal structure sE 1998 H438Y Nonehighly conserved, C-terminal region not LGT Campbell and Pletnev 2000included in crystal structure sE H496R none highly conserved, C-terminalregion not TBE Gritsun et al, 2001 included in crystal structure sEReferences: Hasegawa et al., Virology 191(1): 158-165; Schlesinger etal., J. Gen. Virol. 1996, 77 (Pt 6): 1277-1285, 1996; Labuda et al.,Virus Res. 31(3): 305-315, 1994; Wu et al., Virus Res. 51(2): 173-181,1997; Holzmann et al., J. Gen. Virol. 78 (Pt 1): 31-37, 1997; Bray etal., J. Virol. 72(2): 1647-1651, 1998; Guirakhoo et al., Virology194(1): 219-223, 1993; Pletnev et al., J. Virol. 67(8): 4956-4963, 1993;Kawano et al., J. Virol. 67(11): 6567-6575, 1993; Jennings et al., J.Infect. Dis. 169(3): 512-518, 1994; Mandl et al., J. Virol. 63(2):564-571, 1989; Chambers et al., J. Virol. 75(22): 10912-10922, 2001;Cecilia et al., Virology 181(1): 70-77, 1991; Jiang et al., J. Gen.Virol. 74 (Pt 5): 931-935, 1993; Gao et al., J. Gen. Virol. 75 (Pt 3):609-614, 1994; Holzmann et al., J. Virol. 64(10): 5156-5159, 1990;Hiramatsu et al., Virology 224(2): 437-445, 1996; Lobigs et al.,Virology 176(2): 587-595, 1990; Campbell et al., Virology 269(1):225-237, 2000; Gritsun et al., J. Gen. Virol. 82(Pt 7): 1667-1675, 2001.

SEQUENCE APPENDIX 1CV-TBEV Hypr or CV-LGT E5 with YFV/TBEV chimeric signal (p42, p59,and p43 constructs)                          YF17D partial signal              ---------------------------------------                                                       TBEV partial signal                                                     --------------------------                                                                                Hypr or LGT ESC protein YF17D                                                                 protein prM--------------                                                                  ------------- R   K  R  R   S  H  D   V  L  T  V   Q  F  L   I  L  G   M  L  G  M   T  I  A   A  T  V   R401A GGAAACGCCG TTCCCATGAT GTTCTGACTG TGCAATTCCT AATTTTGGGC ATGCTGGGCA TGACAATCGC AGCTACGGTT CGCT CCTTTGCGGC AAGGGTACTA CAAGACTGAC ACGTTAAGGA TTAAAACCCG TACGACCCGT ACTGTTAGCG TCGATGCCAA GCGCV-TBEV Hypr with YFV/WNV chimeric signal (p45)C protein YF17D                                         WNV partial signal--------------                                        --------------------------                                                                                   Hypr prM                  YF 17D partial signal                                             protein              ----------------------------------------                          ------------- R   K  R  R   S  H  D   V  L  T  V   Q  F  L   I  L  G   M  L  A  C   V  G  A   A  T  V   R401A GGAAACGCCG TTCCCATGAT GTTCTGACTG TGCAATTCCT AATTTTGGGC ATGCTGGCTT GTGTCGGAGC AGCTACCGTG CGAT CCTTTGCGGC AAGGGTACTA CAAGACTGAC ACGTTAAGGA TTAAAACCCG TACGACCGAA CACAGCCTCG TCGATGGCAC GCTRV-WNV/TBEV Hypr with TBEV signal (p39)                                     TBEV signal             ------------------------------------------------------------------                                                                                Hypr prMWNV C protein                                                                   protein-------------                                                                  ------------- Q  K  K   R  G  G  T   D  W  M   S  W  L   L  V  I  G   M  L  G   M  T  I   A  A  T  V   R201CAAAAGAAA CGGGGGGGAA CAGACTGGAT GAGCTGGCTG CTCGTAATCG GCATGCTGGG CATGACAATC GCAGCTACGG TTCGCGTTTTCTTT GCCCCCCCTT GTCTGACCTA CTCGACCGAC GAGCATTAGC CGTACGACCC GTACTGTTAG CGTCGATGCC AAGCGRV-WNV/TBEV Hypr with WNV signal (p40)                                   WNV signal             -----------------------------------------------------------                                                                            HyprWNV C protein                                                            prM protein-------------                                                           ------------- Q  K  K   R  G  G  K   T  G  I   A  V  M   I  G  M  L   A  C  V   G  A  A   T  V  R201CAAAAGAAA CGCGGGGGAA AGACAGGCAT AGCTGTGATG ATAGGCATGC TGGCTTGTGT CGGAGCAGCT ACCGTGCGAGTTTTCTTT GCGCCCCCTT TCTGTCCGTA TCGACACTAC TATCCGTACG ACCGAACACA GCCTCGTCGA TGGCACGCT

SEQUENCE APPENDIX 2 CV-TBEV Hypr with YFV/TBEV chimeric signal (p42)                                               5′ UTR----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1AGTAAATCCT GTGTGCTAAT TGAGGTGCAT TGGTCTGCAA ATCGAGTTGC TAGGCAATAA ACACATTTGG ATTAATTTTATCATTTAGGA CACACGATTA ACTCCACGTA ACCAGACGTT TAGCTCAACG ATCCGTTATT TGTGTAAACC TAATTAAAAT      5′ UTR --------------------- ATCGTTCGTT GAGCGATTAGTAGCAAGCAA CTCGCTAATC       5′ UTR -------------------                                                       C protein                   ---------------------------------------------------------------------                    M   S  G  R   K  A  Q  G   K  T  L   G  V  N   M  V  R  R   G  V  R101CAGAGAACTG ACCAGAACAT GTCTGGTCGT AAAGCTCAGG GAAAAACCCT GGGCGTCAAT ATGGTACGAC GAGGAGTTCGGTCTCTTGAC TGGTCTTGTA CAGACCAGCA TTTCGAGTCC CTTTTTGGGA CCCGCAGTTA TACCATGCTG CTCCTCAAGC    C protein ---------------------   S  L  S   N  K  I  K •CTCCTTGTCA AACAAAATAA GAGGAACAGT TTGTTTTATT                                             C protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• Q  K  T   K  Q  I   G  N  R  P   G  P  S   R  G  V   Q  G  F  I   F  F  F   L  F  N201AACAAAAAAC AAAACAAATT GGAAACAGAC CTGGACCTTC AAGAGGTGTT CAAGGATTTA TCTTTTTCTT TTTGTTCAACTTGTTTTTTG TTTTGTTTAA CCTTTGTCTG GACCTGGAAG TTCTCCACAA GTTCCTAAAT AGAAAAAGAA AAACAAGTTG    C protein ---------------------  I  L  T  G   K  K  I •ATTTTGACTG GAAAAAAGAT TAAAACTGAC CTTTTTTCTA                                             C protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•T  A  H   L  K  R  L   W  K  M   L  D  P   R  Q  G  L   A  V  L   R  K  V   K  R  V  V301CACAGCCCAC CTAAAGAGGT TGTGGAAAAT GCTGGACCCA AGACAAGGCT TGGCTGTTCT AAGGAAAGTC AAGAGAGTGGGTGTCGGGTG GATTTCTCCA ACACCTTTTA CGACCTGGGT TCTGTTCCGA ACCGACAAGA TTCCTTTCAG TTCTCTCACC    C protein ---------------------    A  S  L   M  R  GTGGCCAGTTT GATGAGAGGA ACCGGTCAAA CTACTCTCCT                               YF17D partial signal                       ---------------------------------------                                                                THEV partial signal                                                              --------------------------      C protein ----------------------- L  S  S  R   K  R  R   S  H  D   V  L  T  V   Q  F  L   I  L  G   M  L  G  M   T  I  A401TTGTCCTCAA GGAAACGCCG TTCCCATGAT GTTCTGACTG TGCAATTCCT AATTTTGGGC ATGCTGGGCA TGACAATCGCAACAGGAGTT CCTTTGCGGC AAGGGTACTA CAAGACTGAC ACGTTAAGGA TTAAAACCCG TACGACCCGT ACTGTTAGCG     prM protein  ----------------------   A  T  V   R  K  E  R •AGCTACGGTT CGCAAGGAAA TCGATGCCAA GCGTTCCTTT                                            prM protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• D  G  S   T  V  I   R  A  E  G   K  D  A   A  T  Q   V  R  V  E   N  G  T   C  V  I501GAGACGGCAG TACGGTCATA CGCGCGGAAG GTAAGGATGC CGCTACCCAA GTGAGAGTGG AAAATGGTAC CTGCGTCATTCTCTGCCGTC ATGCCAGTAT GCGCGCCTTC CATTCCTACG GCGATGGGTT CACTCTCACC TTTTACCATG GACGCAGTAA     prM protein ---------------------  L  A  T  D   M  G  S •CTGGCCACCG ACATGGGCTC GACCGGTGGC TGTACCCGAG                                            prM protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•W  C  D   D  S  L  S   Y  E  C   V  T  I   D  Q  G  E   E  P  V   D  V  D   C  F  C  R601TTGGTGTGAT GATAGCCTTT CTTATGAGTG CGTAACCATA GATCAAGGTG AGGAACCTGT TGACGTTGAT TGCTTCTGCCAACCACACTA CTATCGGAAA GAATACTCAC GCATTGGTAT CTAGTTCCAC TCCTTGGACA ACTGCAACTA ACGAAGACGG     prM protein ---------------------    N  V  D   G  V  YGAAACGTGGA TGGGGTGTAT CTTTGCACCT ACCCCACATA                                            prM protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- L  E  Y  G   R  C  G   K  Q  E   G  S  R  T   R  R  S   V  L  I   P  S  H  A   Q  G  E701CTCGAATATG GACGGTGTGG TAAACAAGAA GGAAGCAGAA CCAGACGCTC AGTGCTTATA CCCTCCCACG CTCAAGGAGAGAGCTTATAC CTGCCACACC ATTTGTTCTT CCTTCGTCTT GGTCTGCGAG TCACGAATAT GGGAGGGTGC GAGTTCCTCT     prM protein ---------------------   L  T  G   R  G  H  K •GCTGACCGGA CGGGGACATA CGACTGGCCT GCCCCTGTAT                                            prM protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• W  L  E   G  D  S   L  R  T  H   L  T  R   V  E  G   W  V  W  K   N  R  L   L  A  L801AATGGTTGGA GGGCGACTCA CTCCGAACAC ATTTGACCCG CGTCGAGGGC TGGGTCTGGA AAAATCGGCT GTTGGCCCTCTTACCAACCT CCCGCTGAGT GAGGCTTGTG TAAACTGGGC GCAGCTCCCG ACCCAGACCT TTTTAGCCGA CAACCGGGAG     prM protein ---------------------  A  M  V  T   V  V  W•GCTATGGTGA CAGTCGTTTG CGATACCACT GTCAGCAAAC                                                                                  Hypr E                                                                                  Protein                                                                             -----------                               prM protein--------------------------------------------------------------------------------•L  T  L   E  S  V  V   T  R  V   A  V  L   V  V  L  L   C  L  A   P  V  Y   A  S  R  C901GCTCACGCTG GAGTCTGTGG TTACTCGCGT GGCAGTGCTG GTGGTGCTCC TCTGTCTTGC CCCTGTCTAC GCGTCCAGGTCGAGTGCGAC CTCAGACACC AATGAGCGCA CCGTCACGAC CACCACGAGG AGACAGAACG GGGACAGATG CGCAGGTCCA   Hypr E protein ---------------------    T  H  L   E  N  RGTACTCATTT GGAAAACAGA CATGAGTAAA CCTTTTGTCT                                            Hypr E protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D  F  V  T   G  T  Q   G  T  T   R  V  T  L   V  L  E   L  G  G   C  V  T  I   T  A  E1001GATTTTGTCA CCGGCACCCA GGGGACGACT CGGGTAACCC TGGTGCTTGA ACTGGGTGGT TGCGTTACTA TTACCGCTGACTAAAACAGT GGCCGTGGGT CCCCTGCTGA GCCCATTGGG ACCACGAACT TGACCCACCA ACGCAATGAT AATGGCGACT   Hypr E protein ---------------------   G  K  P   S  M  D  V•GGGCAAACCC TCTATGGATG CCCGTTTGGG AGATACCTAC                                            Hypr E protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• W  L  D   A  I  Y   Q  E  N  P   A  Q  T   R  E  Y   C  L  H  A   K  L  S   D  T  K1101TGTGGCTGGA TGCAATCTAT CAGGAGAATC CCGCACAAAC CAGGGAATAT TGCCTTCACG CAAAGCTGTC CGATACAAAGACACCGACCT ACGTTAGATA GTCCTCTTAG GGCGTGTTTG GTCCCTTATA ACGGAAGTGC GTTTCGACAG GCTATGTTTC  Hypr E protein ---------------------  V  A  A  R   C  P  T•GTCGCGGCTA GGTGCCCAAC CAGCGCCGAT CCACGGGTTG                                            Hypr E protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•M  G  P   A  T  L  A   E  E  H   Q  G  G   T  V  C  K   R  D  Q   S  D  R   G  W  G  N1201AATGGGACCG GCCACCCTGG CGGAGGAACA TCAGGGAGGT ACAGTGTGCA AACGGGACCA GAGTGATAGA GGCTGGGGTATTACCCTGGC CGGTGGGACC GCCTCCTTGT AGTCCCTCCA TGTCACACGT TTGCCCTGGT CTCACTATCT CCGACCCCAT   Hypr E protein ---------------------    H  C  G   L  F  GATCACTGCGG CCTGTTCGGC TAGTGACGCC GGACAAGCCG                                            Hypr E protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- K  G  S  I   V  A  C   V  K  A   A  C  E  A   K  K  K   A  T  G   H  V  Y  D   A  N  K1301AAAGGAAGTA TTGTCGCTTG CGTCAAGGCA GCCTGTGAGG CCAAAAAGAA GGCTACTGGG CACGTCTATG ACGCCAACAATTTCCTTCAT AACAGCGAAC GCAGTTCCGT CGGACACTCC GGTTTTTCTT CCGATGACCC GTGCAGATAC TGCGGTTGTT   Hypr E protein ---------------------   I  V  Y   T  V  K  V•GATCGTTTAT ACAGTGAAAG CTAGCAAATA TGTCACTTTC                                            Hypr E protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• E  P  H   T  G  D   Y  V  A  A   N  E  T   H  S  G   R  K  T  A   S  F  T   V  S  S1401TGGAACCACA CACAGGGGAT TACGTGGCGG CCAACGAGAC TCATTCCGGT CGCAAAACGG CCAGCTTCAC CGTGTCATCCACCTTGGTGT GTGTCCCCTA ATGCACCGCC GGTTGCTCTG AGTAAGGCCA GCGTTTTGCC GGTCGAAGTG GCACAGTAGG   Hypr E protein ---------------------  E  K  T  I   L  T  M•GAAAAGACCA TCCTCACTAT CTTTTCTGGT AGGAGTGATA                                            Hypr E protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•G  E  Y   G  D  V  S   L  L  C   R  V  A   S  G  V  D   L  A  Q   T  V  I   L  E  L  D1501GGGGGAGTAT GGCGACGTTT CTCTGCTCTG CCGGGTGGCT AGCGGAGTCG ACCTGGCCCA GACAGTCATC CTGGAACTGGCCCCCTCATA CCGCTGCAAA GAGACGAGAC GGCCCACCGA TCGCCTCAGC TGGACCGGGT CTGTCAGTAG GACCTTGACC   Hypr E protein ---------------------    K  T  V   E  H  LATAAAACAGT TGAGCATCTG TATTTTGTCA ACTCGTAGAC                                            Hypr E protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- P  T  A  W   Q  V  H   R  D  W   F  N  D  L   A  L  P   W  K  H   E  G  A  R   N  W  N1601CCTACCGCTT GGCAGGTGCA CAGGGATTGG TTTAACGACC TTGCCCTGCC ATGGAAACAT GAAGGAGCGA GAAACTGGAAGGATGGCGAA CCGTCCACGT GTCCCTAACC AAATTGCTGG AACGGGACGG TACCTTTGTA CTTCCTCGCT CTTTGACCTT   Hypr E protein ---------------------   N  A  E   R  L  V  E•TAATGCAGAG CGACTCGTAG ATTACGTCTC GCTGAGCATC                                            Hypr E protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• F  G  A   P  H  A   V  K  M  D   V  Y  N   L  G  D   Q  T  G  V   L  L  K   A  L  A1701AATTCGGTGC CCCTCATGCC GTGAAGATGG ACGTCTACAA TCTGGGTGAT CAGACCGGCG TTCTCCTTAA AGCTCTCGCTTTAAGCCACG GGGAGTACGG CACTTCTACC TGCAGATGTT AGACCCACTA GTCTGGCCGC AAGAGGAATT TCGAGAGCGA   Hypr E protein ---------------------  G  V  P  V   A  H  I•GGCGTACCAG TTGCCCACAT CCGCATGGTC AACGGGTGTA                                            Hypr E protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•E  G  T   K  Y  H  L   K  S  G   H  V  T   C  E  V  G   L  E  K   L  K  M   K  G  L  T1801CGAAGGAACG AAGTACCACC TGAAGTCAGG CCATGTAACT TGCGAGGTGG GCCTGGAGAA GTTGAAAATG AAAGGTCTTAGCTTCCTTGC TTCATGGTGG ACTTCAGTCC GGTACATTGA ACGCTCCACC CGGACCTCTT CAACTTTTAC TTTCCAGAAT   Hypr E protein ---------------------    Y  T  M   C  D  KCGTACACAAT GTGTGACAAG GCATGTGTTA CACACTGTTC                                            Hypr E protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T  K  F  T   W  K  R   A  P  T   D  S  G  H   D  T  V   V  M  E   V  T  F  S   G  T  K1901ACCAAGTTCA CATGGAAGAG GGCCCCCACA GATAGCGGCC ACGATACTGT GGTGATGGAG GTGACCTTTT CTGGAACAAATGGTTCAAGT GTACCTTCTC CCGGGGGTGT CTATCGCCGG TGCTATGACA CCACTACCTC CACTGGAAAA GACCTTGTTT   Hypr E protein ---------------------   P  C  R   I  P  V  R•ACCCTGCAGA ATACCCGTGC TGGGACGTCT TATGGGCACG                                            Hypr E protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• A  V  A   H  G  S   P  D  V  N   V  A  M   L  I  T   P  N  P  T   I  E  N   N  G  G2001GGGCTGTAGC TCACGGATCT CCCGATGTCA ATGTTGCTAT GCTGATTACA CCTAACCCTA CCATCGAGAA TAACGGTGGTCCCGACATCG AGTGCCTAGA GGGCTACAGT TACAACGATA CGACTAATGT GGATTGGGAT GGTAGCTCTT ATTGCCACCA   Hypr E protein ---------------------  G  F  I  E   M  Q  L•GGTTTTATTG AGATGCAGCT CCAAAATAAC TCTACGTCGA                                            Hypr E protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•P  P   G   D  N  I  I   Y  V  G   E  L  S   Y  Q  W  F   Q  K  G   S  S  I   G  R  V  F2101TCCGCCAGGC GATAACATCA TCTACGTGGG CGAACTCTCT TACCAGTGGT TTCAGAAAGG GAGTTCAATT GGGCGGGTCTAGGCGGTCCG CTATTGTAGT AGATGCACCC GCTTGAGAGA ATGGTCACCA AAGTCTTTCC CTCAAGTTAA CCCGCCCAGA   Hypr E protein ---------------------    Q  K  T   K  K  GTCCAAAAAAC GAAGAAGGGA AGGTTTTTTG CTTCTTCCCT                                            Hypr E protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I  E  R  L   T  V  I   G  E  H   A  W  D  F   G  S  A   G  G  F   L  S  S  I   G  K  A2201ATCGAACGAT TGACGGTTAT CGGCGAGCAC GCATGGGATT TTGGTTCCGC AGGGGGATTC CTGTCTTCTA TTGGTAAGGCTAGCTTGCTA ACTGCCAATA GCCGCTCGTG CGTACCCTAA AACCAAGGCG TCCCCCTAAG GACAGAAGAT AACCATTCCG   Hypr E protein ---------------------  L  H  T  V  L  G  G•ACTGCATACC GTGCTGGGGG TGACGTATGG CACGACCCCC                                            Hypr E protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• A  F  N   S  I  F   G  G  V  G   F  L  P   K  L  L   L  G  V  A   L  A  W   L  G  L2301GCGCATTCAA TTCTATTTTC GGGGGCGTGG GGTTCCTGCC TAAACTCCTG CTGGGAGTAG CCCTGGCCTG GTTGGGACTGCGCGTAAGTT AAGATAAAAG CCCCCGCACC CCAAGGACGG ATTTGAGGAC GACCCTCATC GGGACCGGAC CAACCCTGAC   Hypr E protein ---------------------  N   M  R  N   P  T  M•AATATGCGGA ATCCGACGAT TTATACGCCT TAGGCTGCTA                       Hypr E protein-------------------------------------------------------------------                                                                            NS1 gene                                                                            of YF17D                                                                   ---------------------•S  M  S   F  L  L  A   G  V  L   V  L  A   M  T  L  G   V  G  A   D  Q  G   C  A  I  N2401GTCCATGTCA TTCCTCTTGG CCGGCGTGCT TGTACTGGCC ATGACACTGG GCGTTGGCGC CGATCAAGGA TGCGCCATCACAGGTACAGT AAGGAGAACC GGCCGCACGA ACATGACCGG TACTGTGACC CGCAACCGCG GCTAGTTCCT ACGCGGTAGT  NS1 gene of YF17D ---------------------    F  G  K   R  E  LACTTTGGCAA GAGAGAGCTC TGAAACCGTT CTCTCTCGAGCV-TBEV Hypr with YFV/WNV chimeric signal (p45)                                               5′ UTR----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1AGTAAATCCT GTGTGCTAAT TGAGGTGCAT TGGTCTGCAA ATCGAGTTGC TAGGCAATAA ACACATTTGG ATTAATTTTATCATTTAGGA CACACGATTA ACTCCACGTA ACCAGACGTT TAGCTCAACG ATCCGTTATT TGTGTAAACC TAATTAAAAT      5′ UTR --------------------- ATCGTTCGTT GAGCGATTAGTAGCAAGCAA CTCGCTAATC       5′ UTR -------------------                                                    C protein YF17D                   -------------------------------------------------------------------                   M   S  G  R   K  A  Q  G   K  T  L   G  V  N   M  V  R  R   G  V  R101CAGAGAACTG ACCAGAACAT GTCTGGTCGT AAAGCTCAGG GAAAAACCCT GGGCGTCAAT ATGGTACGAC GAGGAGTTCGGTCTCTTGAC TGGTCTTGTA CAGACCAGCA TTTCGAGTCC CTTTTTGGGA CCCGCAGTTA TACCATGCTG CTCCTCAAGC   C protein YF17D -----------------------   S  L  S   N  K  I  K•CTCCTTGTCA AACAAAATAA GAGGAACAGT TTGTTTTATT                                          C protein YF17D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• Q  K  T   K  Q  I   G  N  R  P   G  P  S   R  G  V   Q  G  F  I   F  F  F   L  F  N201AACAAAAAAC AAAACAAATT GGAAACAGAC CTGGACCTTC AAGAGGTGTT CAAGGATTTA TCTTTTTCTT TTTGTTCAACTTGTTTTTTG TTTTGTTTAA CCTTTGTCTG GACCTGGAAG TTCTCCACAA GTTCCTAAAT AGAAAAAGAA AAACAAGTTG   C protein YF17D ---------------------  I  L  T  G   K  K  I•ATTTTGACTG GAAAAAAGAT TAAAACTGAC CTTTTTTCTA                                          C protein YF17D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•T  A  H   L  K  R  L   W  K  M   L  D  P   R  Q  G  L   A  V  L  R  K  V   K  R  V  V301CACAGCCCAC CTAAAGAGGT TGTGGAAAAT GCTGGACCCA AGACAAGGCT TGGCTGTTCT AAGGAAAGTC AAGAGAGTGGGTGTCGGGTG GATTTCTCCA ACACCTTTTA CGACCTGGGT TCTGTTCCGA ACCGACAAGA TTCCTTTCAG TTCTCTCACC   C protein YF17D --------------------    A  S  L   M  R  GTGGCCAGTTT GATGAGAGGA ACCGGTCAAA CTACTCTCCT   C protein YF17D                                              WNV partial signal-----------------------                                        --------------------------                              YF 17D partial signal                       ---------------------------------------- L  S  S  R   K  R  R   S  H  D   V  L  T  V   Q  F  L   I  L  G   M  L  A  C   V  G  A401TTGTCCTCAA GGAAACGCCG TTCCCATGAT GTTCTGACTG TGCAATTCCT AATTTTGGGC ATGCTGGCTT GTGTCGGAGCAACAGGAGTT CCTTTGCGGC AAGGGTACTA CAAGACTGAC ACGTTAAGGA TTAAAACCCG TACGACCGAA CACAGCCTCG   Hypr prM protein ---------------------   A  T  V   R  K  E  R•AGCTACCGTG CGAAAAGAAC TCGATGGCAC GCTTTTCTTG                                           Hypr prM protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• D  G  S   T  V  I R  A  E  G   K  D  A   A  T  Q   V  R  V  E   N  G  T   C  V  I501GCGACGGAAG CACCGTGATA AGGGCTGAGG GTAAGGATGC GGCTACGCAG GTGAGAGTAG AGAATGGCAC TTGCGTAATACGCTGCCTTC GTGGCACTAT TCCCGACTCC CATTCCTACG CCGATGCGTC CACTCTCATC TCTTACCGTG AACGCATTAT   Hypr prM protein ----------------------  L  A  T  D   M  G   S•CTCGCGACTG ATATGGGATC GAGCGCTGAC TATACCCTAG                                           Hypr prM protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•W  C  D   D  S  L  S   Y  E  C   V  T  I   D  Q  G  E   E  P  V   D  V  D   C  F  C  R601CTGGTGTGAC GATAGCCTCA GTTATGAATG CGTAACAATA GACCAGGGCG AAGAACCTGT GGACGTTGAC TGTTTCTGTAGACCACACTG CTATCGGAGT CAATACTTAC GCATTGTTAT CTGGTCCCGC TTCTTGGACA CCTGCAACTG ACAAAGACAT   Hypr prM protein ---------------------    N  V  D   G  V  YGAAATGTGGA TGGCGTTTAT CTTTACACCT ACCGCAAATA                                           Hypr prM protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- L   E  Y  G   R  C  G   K  Q  E   G  S  R  T   R  R  S   V  L  I   P  S  H  A   Q  G  E701CTGGAGTACG GCCGCTGTGG AAAACAGGAG GGCTCACGAA CTCGAAGATC TGTGCTGATT CCAAGTCACG CGCAAGGAGAGACCTCATGC CGGCGACACC TTTTGTCCTC CCGAGTGCTT GAGCTTCTAG ACACGACTAA GGTTCAGTGC GCGTTCCTCT   Hypr prM protein ---------------------   L  T  G   R  G  H  K•GTTGACCGGT AGAGGCCACA CAACTGGCCA TCTCCGGTGT                                           Hypr prM protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• W  L  E   G  D  S   L  R  T  H   L  T  R   V  E  G   W  V  W  K   N  R  L   L  A  L801AGTGGCTTGA AGGGGACTCA TTGAGGACCC ACCTGACTAG GGTGGAGGGT TGGGTTTGGA AGAATCGGTT GCTCGCGCTCTCACCGAACT TCCCCTGAGT AACTCCTGGG TGGACTGATC CCACCTCCCA ACCCAAACCT TCTTAGCCAA CGAGCGCGAG   Hypr prM protein ---------------------  A  M  V  T   V  V  W•GCTATGGTCA CCGTCGTGTG CGATACCAGT GGCAGCACAC                              Hypr prM protein-------------------------------------------------------------------------------                                                                               Hypr E                                                                               Protein                                                                              ----------•L  T  L   E  S  V  V   T  R  V   A  V  L   V  V  L  L   C  L  A   P  V  Y   A  S  R  C901GCTGACACTG GAGAGTGTCG TGACTCGGGT TGCTGTGTTG GTTGTCCTCC TCTGTTTGGC CCCAGTGTAC GCGTCCAGGTCGACTGTGAC CTCTCACAGC ACTGAGCCCA ACGACACAAC CAACAGGAGG AGACAAACCG GGGTCACATG CGCAGGTCCA   Hypr E protein --------------------    T  H  L   E  N  RGTACTCATTT GGAAAACAGA CATGAGTAAA CCTTTTGTCT                                           Hypr E protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D   F  V  T   G  T  Q   G  T  T   R  V  T  L   V  L  E   L  G  G   C  V  T  I   T  A  E1001GATTTTGTCA CCGGCACCCA GGGGACGACT CGGGTAACCC TGGTGCTTGA ACTGGGTGGT TGCGTTACTA TTACCGCTGACTAAAACAGT GGCCGTGGGT CCCCTGCTGA GCCCATTGGG ACCACGAACT TGACCCACCA ACGCAATGAT AATGGCGACT   Hypr E protein ---------------------   G  K  P   S  M  D  V•GGGCAAACCC TCTATGGATG CCCGTTTGGG AGATACCTAC                                           Hypr E protein--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• W  L  D   A  I  Y   Q  E  N  P   A  Q  T   R  E  Y   C  L  H  A   K  L  S   D  T  K1101TGTGGCTGGA TGCAATCTAT CAGGAGAATC CCGCACAAAC CAGGGAATAT TGCCTTCACG CAAAGCTGTC CGATACAAAGACACCGACCT ACGTTAGATA GTCCTCTTAG GGCGTGTTTG GTCCCTTATA ACGGAAGTGC GTTTCGACAG GCTATGTTTC   Hypr E protein ---------------------  V  A  A  R   C  P  T•GTCGCGGCTA GGTGCCCAAC CAGCGCCGAT CCACGGGTTG                                           Hypr E protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•M  G  P   A  T  L  A   E  E  H   Q  G  G   T  V  C  K   R  D  Q   S  D  R   G  W  G  N1201AATGGGACCG GCCACCCTGG CGGAGGAACA TCAGGGAGGT ACAGTGTGCA AACGGGACCA GAGTGATAGA GGCTGGGGTATTACCCTGGC CGGTGGGACC GCCTCCTTGT AGTCCCTCCA TGTCACACGT TTGCCCTGGT CTCACTATCT CCGACCCCAT   Hypr E protein --------------------   H  C  G   L  F  GATCACTGCGG CCTGTTCGGC TAGTGACGCC GGACAAGCCG                                           Hypr E protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- K  G  S  I   V  A  C   V  K  A   A  C  E  A   K  K  K   A  T  G   H  V  Y  D   A  N  K1301AAAGGAAGTA TTGTCGCTTG CGTCAAGGCA GCCTGTGAGG CCAAAAAGAA GGCTACTGGG CACGTCTATG ACGCCAACAATTTCCTTCAT AACAGCGAAC GCAGTTCCGT CGGACACTCC GGTTTTTCTT CCGATGACCC GTGCAGATAC TGCGGTTGTT   Hypr E protein ---------------------   I  V  Y   T  V  K  V•GATCGTTTAT ACAGTGAAAG CTAGCAAATA TGTCACTTTC                                           Hypr E protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• E  P  H   T  G  D   Y V  A  A   N  E  T   H  S  G   R  K  T  A   S  T   V  S  S1401TGGAACCACA CACAGGGGAT TACGTGGCGG CCAACGAGAC TCATTCCGGT CGCAAAACGG CCAGCTTCAC CGTGTCATCCACCTTGGTGT GTGTCCCCTA ATGCACCGCC GGTTGCTCTG AGTAAGGCCA GCGTTTTGCC GGTCGAAGTG GCACAGTAGG   Hypr E protein --------------------  E  K T  I   L  T  M•GAAAAGACCA TCCTCACTAT CTTTTCTGGT AGGAGTGATA                                           Hypr E protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•G  E  Y   G  D  V  S   L  L  C   R  V  A   S  G  V  D   L  A  Q   T  V  I   L  E  L  D1501GGGGGAGTAT GGCGACGTTT CTCTGCTCTG CCGGGTGGCT AGCGGAGTCG ACCTGGCCCA GACAGTCATC CTGGAACTGGCCCCCTCATA CCGCTGCAAA GAGACGAGAC GGCCCACCGA TCGCCTCAGC TGGACCGGGT CTGTCAGTAG GACCTTGACC   Hypr E protein ---------------------    K  T  V   E  H  LATAAAACAGT TGAGCATCTG TATTTTGTCA ACTCGTAGAC                                           Hypr E protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- P  T  A  W   Q  V  H   R  D  W   F  N  D  L   A  L  P   W  K  H   E  G  A  R   N  W  N1601CCTACCGCTT GGCAGGTGCA CAGGGATTGG TTTAACGACC TTGCCCTGCC ATGGAAACAT GAAGGAGCGA GAAACTGGAAGGATGGCGAA CCGTCCACGT GTCCCTAACC AAATTGCTGG AACGGGACGG TACCTTTGTA CTTCCTCGCT CTTTGACCTT   Hypr E protein ---------------------   N  A  E   R  L  V  E•TAATGCAGAG CGACTCGTAG ATTACGTCTC GCTGAGCATC                                           Hypr E protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• F  G  A   P  H  A   V  K  M  D   V  Y  N   L  G  D   Q  T  G  V   L  L  K   A  L  A1701AATTCGGTGC CCCTCATGCC GTGAAGATGG ACGTCTACAA TCTGGGTGAT CAGACCGGCG TTCTCCTTAA AGCTCTCGCTTTAAGCCACG GGGAGTACGG CACTTCTACC TGCAGATGTT AGACCCACTA GTCTGGCCGC AAGAGGAATT TCGAGAGCGA   Hypr E protein ---------------------  G  V  P  V   A  H  I•GGCGTACCAG TTGCCCACAT CCGCATGGTC AACGGGTGTA                                           Hypr E protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•E  G  T   K  Y  H  L   K  S  G   H  V  T   C  E  V  G   L  E  K   L  K  M   K  G  L  T1801CGAAGGAACG AAGTACCACC TGAAGTCAGG CCATGTAACT TGCGAGGTGG GCCTGGAGAA GTTGAAAATG AAAGGTCTTAGCTTCCTTGC TTCATGGTGG ACTTCAGTCC GGTACATTGA ACGCTCCACC CGGACCTCTT CAACTTTTAC TTTCCAGAAT   Hypr E protein ---------------------    Y  T  M   C  D  KCGTACACAAT GTGTGACAAG GCATGTGTTA CACACTGTTC                                           Hypr E protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T  K  F  T   W  K  R   A  P  T   D  S  G  H   D  T  V   V  M  E   V  T  F  S   G  T  K1901ACCAAGTTCA CATGGAAGAG GGCCCCCACA GATAGCGGCC ACGATACTGT GGTGATGGAG GTGACCTTTT CTGGAACAAATGGTTCAAGT GTACCTTCTC CCGGGGGTGT CTATCGCCGG TGCTATGACA CCACTACCTC CACTGGAAAA GACCTTGTTT   Hypr E protein ---------------------   P  C  R   I  P  V  R•ACCCTGCAGA ATACCCGTGC TGGGACGTCT TATGGGCACG                                           Hypr E protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• A  V  A   H  G  S   P  D  V  N   V  A  M   L  I  T   P  N  P  T   I  E  N   N  G  G2001GGGCTGTAGC TCACGGATCT CCCGATGTCA ATGTTGCTAT GCTGATTACA CCTAACCCTA CCATCGAGAA TAACGGTGGTCCCGACATCG AGTGCCTAGA GGGCTACAGT TACAACGATA CGACTAATGT GGATTGGGAT GGTAGCTCTT ATTGCCACCA   Hypr E protein ---------------------  G  F  I  E   M  Q  L•GGTTTTATTG AGATGCAGCT CCAAAATAAC TCTACGTCGA                                           Hypr E protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•P  P  G   D  N  I  I   Y  V  G   E  L  S   Y  Q  W  F   Q  K  G   S  S  I   G  R  V  F2101TCCGCCAGGC GATAACATCA TCTACGTGGG CGAACTCTCT TACCAGTGGT TTCAGAAAGG GAGTTCAATT GGGCGGGTCTAGGCGGTCCG CTATTGTAGT AGATGCACCC GCTTGAGAGA ATGGTCACCA AAGTCTTTCC CTCAAGTTAA CCCGCCCAGA   Hypr E protein ---------------------    Q  K  T   K  K  GTCCAAAAAAC GAAGAAGGGA AGGTTTTTTG CTTCTTCCCT                                           Hypr E protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I  E  R  L   T  V  I   G  E  H   A  W  D  F   G  S  A   G  G  F   L  S  S  I   G  K  A2201ATCGAACGAT TGACGGTTAT CGGCGAGCAC GCATGGGATT TTGGTTCCGC AGGGGGATTC CTGTCTTCTA TTGGTAAGGCTAGCTTGCTA ACTGCCAATA GCCGCTCGTG CGTACCCTAA AACCAAGGCG TCCCCCTAAG GACAGAAGAT AACCATTCCG   Hypr E protein ---------------------   L  H  T   V  L  G  G•ACTGCATACC GTGCTGGGGG TGACGTATGG CACGACCCCC                                           Hypr E protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• A  F  N   S  I  F   G  G  V  G   F  L  P   K  L  L   L  G  V  A   L  A  W   L  G  L2301GCGCATTCAA TTCTATTTTC GGGGGCGTGG GGTTCCTGCC TAAACTCCTG CTGGGAGTAG CCCTGGCCTG GTTGGGACTGCGCGTAAGTT AAGATAAAAG CCCCCGCACC CCAAGGACGG ATTTGAGGAC GACCCTCATC GGGACCGGAC CAACCCTGAC   Hypr E protein ---------------------  N  M  R  N   P  T  M•AATATGCGGA ATCCGACGAT TTATACGCCT TAGGCTGCTA                       Hypr E protein-------------------------------------------------------------------                                                                     NS1 gene of YF17D                                                                   ---------------------•S  M  S   F  L  L  A   G  V  L   V  L  A   M  T  L  G   V  G  A   D  Q  G   C  A  I  N2401GTCCATGTCA TTCCTCTTGG CCGGCGTGCT TGTACTGGCC ATGACACTGG GCGTTGGCGC CGATCAAGGA TGCGCCATCACAGGTACAGT AAGGAGAACC GGCCGCACGA ACATGACCGG TACTGTGACC CGCAACCGCG GCTAGTTCCT ACGCGGTAGT  NS1 gene of YF17D ---------------------    F  G  K   R  E  LACTTTGGCAA GAGAGAGCTC TGAAACCGTT CTCTCTCGAGCV-LGTV E5 with YFV/TBEV chimeric signal (p43)                                               5′ UTR----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1AGTAAATCCT GTGTGCTAAT TGAGGTGCAT TGGTCTGCAA ATCGAGTTGC TAGGCAATAA ACACATTTGG ATTAATTTTATCATTTAGGA CACACGATTA ACTCCACGTA ACCAGACGTT TAGCTCAACG ATCCGTTATT TGTGTAAACC TAATTAAAAT      5′ UTR ------------------- ATCGTTCGTT GAGCGATTAGTAGCAAGCAA CTCGCTAATC       5′ UTR -------------------                                                    C protein YF17D                   ---------------------------------------------------------------------                    M   S  G  R   K  A  Q  G   K  T  L   G  V  N   M  V  R  R   G  V  R101CAGAGAACTG ACCAGAACAT GTCTGGTCGT AAAGCTCAGG GAAAAACCCT GGGCGTCAAT ATGGTACGAC GAGGAGTTCGGTCTCTTGAC TGGTCTTGTA CAGACCAGCA TTTCGAGTCC CTTTTTGGGA CCCGCAGTTA TACCATGCTG CTCCTCAAGC C protein YF17D ---------------------   S  L  S   N  K  I  K•CTCCTTGTCA AACAAAATAA GAGGAACAGT TTGTTTTATT                                          C protein YF17D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• Q  K  T   K  Q  I   G  N  R  P   G  P  S   R  G  V   Q  G  F  I   F  F  F   L  F  N201AACAAAAAAC AAAACAAATT GGAAACAGAC CTGGACCTTC AAGAGGTGTT CAAGGATTTA TCTTTTTCTT TTTGTTCAACTTGTTTTTTG TTTTGTTTAA CCTTTGTCTG GACCTGGAAG TTCTCCACAA GTTCCTAAAT AGAAAAAGAA AAACAAGTTG C protein YF17D ---------------------  I  L  T  G   K  K  I•ATTTTGACTG GAAAAAAGAT TAAAACTGAC CTTTTTTCTA                                          C protein YF17D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•T  A  H   L  K  R  L   W  K  M   L  D  P   R  Q  G  L   A  V  L   R  K  V   K  R  V  V301CACAGCCCAC CTAAAGAGGT TGTGGAAAAT GCTGGACCCA AGACAAGGCT TGGCTGTTCT AAGGAAAGTC AAGAGAGTGGGTGTCGGGTG GATTTCTCCA ACACCTTTTA CGACCTGGGT TCTGTTCCGA ACCGACAAGA TTCCTTTCAG TTCTCTCACC C protein YF17D ---------------------    A  S  L   M  R  GTGGCCAGTTT GATGAGAGGA ACCGGTCAAA CTACTCTCCT   C protein YF17D                                                TBEV partial signal--------------------                                           -------------------------                               YF 17D partial signal                     ---------------------------------------- L  S  S  R   K  R  R   S  H  D   V  L  T  V   Q  F  L   I  L  G   M  L  G  M   T  I  A401TTGTCCTCAA GGAAACGCCG TTCCCATGAT GTTCTGACTG TGCAATTCCT AATTTTGGGC ATGCTGGGGA TGACGATCGCAACAGGAGTT CCTTTGCGGC AAGGGTACTA CAAGACTGAC ACGTTAAGGA TTAAAACCCG TACGACCGAA ACTGCTAGCGprM protein Langat E5 ---------------------   A  T  V   R  R  E  R•AGCTACTGTG CGAAGGGAGA TCGATGGCAC GCTTCCCTCT                                       prM protein Langet E5----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•D  G  S   M  V  I   R  A  E  G   R  D  A   A  T  Q   V  R  V  E   N  G  T   C  V  I501GAGACGGCTC TATGGTGATC AGAGCCGAAG GTAGGGACGC TGCGACCCAG GTGAGGGTCG AAAATGGCAC CTGTGTTATTCTCTGCCGAG ATACCACTAG TCTCGGCTTC CATCCCTGCG ACGCTGGGTC CACTCCCAGC TTTTACCGTG GACACAATAAprM protein Langet E5 ---------------------  L  A  T  D   M  G  S•CTGGCGACCG ACATGGGCTC GACCGCTGGC TGTACCCGAG                                       prM protein Langet E5----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•W  C  D   D  S  L  A   Y  E  C   V  T  I   D  Q  G  E     P  V   D  V  D   C  F  C  R601CTGGTGTGAT GATTCTCTGG CTTATGAATG TGTTACTATT GATCAGGGTG AAGAGCCTGT GGACGTGGAC TGTTTCTGTAGACCACACTA CTAAGAGCC GAATACTTAC ACAATGATAA CTAGTCCCAC TTCTCGGACA CCTGCACCTG ACAAAGACATprM protein Langet E5 ---------------------  G  V  E   K  V  TGAGGCGTCGA GAAAGTGACC CTCCGCAGCT CTTTCACTGG                                       prM protein Langat E5---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- L  E  Y  G   R  C  G   R  R  E   G  S  R  S   R  R  S   V  L  I   P  S  H  A   Q  R  D701CTGGAATATG GACGATGTGG CCGGCGAGAA GGCTCCAGGA GTCGGAGATC CGTGTTGATC CCTTCACATG CGCAGCGCGAGACCTTATAC CTGCTACACC GGCCGCTCTT CCGAGGTCCT CAGCCTCTAG GCACAACTAG GGAAGTGTAC GCGTCGCGCTprM protein Langat E5 ---------------------   L  T  G   R  G  H  QTCTGACAGGG AGGGGTCACC AGACTGTCCC TCCCCAGTGG                                       prM protein Langat E5----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• W  L  E   G  E  A   V  K  A  H   L  T  R   V  E  G   W  V  W  K   N  K  L   F  T  L801AGTGGCTCGA AGGCGAAGCA GTCAAGGCCC ATCTGACTCG CGTTGAAGGC TGGGTGTGGA AAAACAAACT CTTTACCCTTTCACCGAGCT TCCGCTTCGT CAGTTCCGGG TAGACTGAGC GCAACTTCCG ACCCACACCT TTTTGTTTGA GAAATGGGAAprM protein Langat E5 ---------------------  S  L  V  M   V  A  WAGCCTGGTGA TGGTCGCGTG TCGGACCACT ACCAGCGCAC                          prM protein Langat E5------------------------------------------------------------------------------                                                                                   E                                                                                   protein                                                                                   Langat                                                                                   E5                                                                                --------•L  M  V   D  G  L  L   P  R  I   L  I  V   V  V  A  L   A  L  A   P  A  Y   A  S  R  C901GCTGATGGTA GACGGACTCC TTCCCCGCAT TCTCATTGTT GTGGTGGCTC TCGCGCTCGC CCCTGCATAC GCGTCCAGGTCGACTACCAT CTGCCTGAGG AAGGGGCGTA AGAGTAACAA CACCACCGAG AGCGCGAGCG GGGACGTATG CGCAGGTCCA E protein Langat E5 ---------------------    T  H  L   E  N  RGTACGCACCT CGAAAATCGA CATGCGTGGA GCTTTTAGCT                                        E protein Langat E5---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D  F  V  T   G  V  Q   G  T  T   R  L  T  L   V  L  E   L  G  G   C  V  T  V   T  A  D1001GATTTCGTCA CAGGCGTCCA AGGTACTACC CGGCTCACCC TCGTGCTGGA GCTGGGAGGC TGTGTCACTG TTACAGCCGACTAAAGCAGT GTCCGCAGGT TCCATGATGG GCCGAGTGGG AGCACGACCT CGACCCTCCG ACACAGTGAC AATGTCGGCT E protein Langat E5 ---------------------   G  K  P   S  L  D  VCGGAAAACCT AGTCTGGATG GCCTTTTGGA TCAGACCTAC                                        E protein Langat E5----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• W  L  D   S  I  Y   Q  E  S  P   A  Q  T   R  E  Y   C  L  H  A   K  L  T   G  T  K1101TGTGGCTGGA CTCCATCTAT CAGGAGAGCC CGGCACAGAC CAGGGAGTAC TGCCTCCACG CTAAGCTGAC TGGGACAAAGACACCGACCT GAGGTAGATA GTCCTCTCGG GCCGTGTCTG GTCCCTCATG ACGGAGGTGC GATTCGACTG ACCCTGTTTC E protein Langat E5 ---------------------  V  A  A  R   C  P  TGTAGCCGCAA GATGTCCCAC CATCGGCGTT CTACAGGGTG                                        E protein Langat E5----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•M  G  P   A  T  L  P   E  E  H   Q  S  G   T  V  C  K   R  D  Q   S  D  R   G  W  G  N1201AATGGGGCCT GCCACCTTGC CCGAGGAACA CCAATCCGGT ACGGTATGCA AGCGAGATCA GTCTGATCGC GGATGGGGGATTACCCCGGA CGGTGGAACG GGCTCCTTGT GGTTAGGCCA TGCCATACGT TCGCTCTAGT CAGACTAGCG CCTACCCCCT E protein Langat E5 ---------------------    H  C  G   L  F  GATCATTGCGG CCTCTTCGGT TAGTAACGCC GGAGAAGCCA                                        E protein Langat E5---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- K  G  S  I   V  T  C   V  K  V   T  C  E  D   K  K  K   A  T  G   H  V  Y  D   V  N  K1301AAAGGCAGCA TTGTCACTTG CGTGAAGGTG ACATGCGAGG ACAAGAAGAA GGCCACAGGT CATGTATATG ATGTGAACAATTTCCGTCGT AACAGTGAAC GCACTTCCAC TGTACGCTCC TGTTCTTCTT CCGGTGTCCA GTACATATAC TACACTTGTT E protein Langat E5 ---------------------   I  T  Y   T  I  K  VAATCACATAT ACCATTAAGG TTAGTGTATA TGGTAATTCC                                        E protein Langat E5----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• E  P  H   T  G  E   F  V  A  A   N  E  T   H  S  G   R  K  S  A   S  F  T   V  S  S1401TAGAACCACA TACAGGGGAA TTCGTGGCAG CAAACGAGAC TCATAGCGGA CGAAAGTCCG CCTCCTTCAC CGTCTCCTCCATCTTGGTGT ATGTCCCCTT AAGCACCGTC GTTTGCTCTG AGTATCGCCT GCTTTCAGGC GGAGGAAGTG GCAGAGGAGG E protein Langat E5 ---------------------  E  K  T  I   L  T  LGAGAAAACAA TCCTGACCCT CTCTTTTGTT AGGACTGGGA                                        E protein Langat E5----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•G  D  Y   G  D  V  S   L  L  C   R  V  A   S  G  V  D   L  A  Q   T  V  V   L  A  L  D1501CGGAGACTAC GGCGACGTAT CTTTGCTGTG CAGGGTGGCC AGCGGCGTGG ACCTTGCTCA GACAGTCGTG TTGGCCCTGGGCCTCTGATG CCGCTGCATA GAAACGACAC GTCCCACCGG TCGCCGCACC TGGAACGAGT CTGTCAGCAC AACCGGGACC E protein Langat E5 ---------------------    K  T  H   E  H  LACAAGACACA TGAGCACTTG TGTTCTGTGT ACTCGTGAAC                                        E protein Langat E5---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- P  T  A  W   Q  V  H   R  D  W   F  N  D  L   A  L  P   W  K  H   D  G  A  E   A  W  N1601CCAACAGCCT GGCAGGTGCA CAGGGACTGG TTTAACGACC TGGCGCTCCC GTGGAAACAT GACGGCGCTG AAGCATGGAAGGTTGTCGGA CCGTCCACGT GTCCCTGACC AAATTGCTGG ACCGCGAGGG CACCTTTGTA CTGCCGCGAC TTCGTACCTT E protein Langat E5 ---------------------   E  A  G   R  L  V  ETGAGGCAGGG AGACTGGTGG ACTCCGTCCC TCTGACCACC                                        E protein Langat E5----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• F  G  T   P  H  A   V  K  M  D   V  F  N   L  G  D   Q  T  G  V   L  L  K   S  L  A1701AATTTGGAAC CCCACACGCC GTAAAGATGG ACGTTTTCAA TCTTGGTGAC CAGACAGGGG TGCTCCTGAA ATCACTGGCGTTAAACCTTG GGGTGTGCGG CATTTCTACC TGCAAAAGTT AGAACCACTG GTCTGTCCCC ACGAGGACTT TAGTGACCGC E protein Langat E5 ---------------------  G  V  P  V   A  S  I •GGCGTGCCTG TAGCCAGCAT CCGCACGGAC ATCGGTCGTA                                        E protein Langat E5----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•E  G  T   K  Y  H  L   K  S  G   H  V  T   C  E  V  G   L  E  K   L  K  M   K  G  L  T1801CGAGGGCACA AAGTATCACC TGAAGTCTGG GCATGTAACC TGCGAAGTGG GCCTGGAAAA GCTGAAGATG AAAGGACTTAGCTCCCGTGT TTCATAGTGG ACTTCAGACC CGTACATTGG ACGCTTCACC CGGACCTTTT CGACTTCTAC TTTCCTGAAT E protein Langat E5 ---------------------    Y  T  V   C  D  KCGTACACTGT TTGTGATAAG GCATGTGACA AACACTATTC                                        E protein Langat E5---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T  K  F  T   W  K  R   A  P  T   D  S  G  H   D  T  V   V  M  E   V  G  F  S   G  T  R1901ACCAAGTTTA CATGGAAGCG AGCCCCAACG GATTCCGGCC ATGATACCGT CGTGATGGAG GTTGGTTTCT CCGGCACCAGTGGTTCAAAT GTACCTTCGC TCGGGGTTGC CTAAGGCCGG TACTATGGCA GCACTACCTC CAACCAAAGA GGCCGTGGTC E protein Langat E5 ---------------------   P  C  R   I  P  V  R •ACCATGTAGA ATACCAGTGA TGGTACATCT TATGGTCACT                                        E protein Langat E5----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• A  V  A   H  G  V   P  E  V  N   V  A  M   L  I  T   P  N  P  T   M  E  N   N  G  G2001GAGCTGTCGC CCACGGTGTA CCCGAGGTAA ACGTGGCCAT GCTGATTACA CCGAATCCCA CTATGGAGAA CAATGGCGGACTCGACAGCG GGTGCCACAT GGGCTCCATT TGCACCGGTA CGACTAATGT GGCTTAGGGT GATACCTCTT GTTACCGCCT E protein Langat E5 ---------------------  G  F  I  E   M  Q  L •GGGTTCATCG AAATGCAGCT CCCAAGTAGC TTTACGTCGA                                        E protein Langat E5----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•P  P  G   D  N  I  I   Y  V  G   D  L  D   H  Q  W  F   Q  K  G   S  S  I   G  R  V  L2101GCCGCCTGGA GACAACATCA TTTATGTCGG CGACCTCGAT CATCAATGGT TCCAGAAAGG GTCTTCCATC GGCCGCGTCCCGGCGGACCT CTGTTGTAGT AAATACAGCC GCTGGAGCTA GTAGTTACCA AGGTCTTTCC CAGAAGGTAG CCGGCGCAGG E protein Langat E5 ---------------------    Q  K  T   R  K  GTTCAGAAGAC ACGAAAAGGC AAGTCTTCTG TGCTTTTCCG                                        E protein Langat E5---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I  E  R  L   T  V  L   G  E  H   A  W  D  F   G  S  V   G  G  V   M  T  S  I   G  R  A2201ATTGAAAGAC TTACAGTCCT GGGCGAACAT GCCTGGGACT TCGGGTCAGT TGGCGGGGTA ATGACAAGCA TAGGCAGAGCTAACTTTCTG AATGTCAGGA CCCGCTTGTA CGGACCCTGA AGCCCAGTCA ACCGCCCCAT TACTGTTCGT ATCCGTCTCG E protein Langat E5 ---------------------   M  H  T   V  L  G  G •TATGCACACC GTTCTCGGTG ATACGTGTGG CAAGAGCCAC                                       E protein Langat E5----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• A  F  N   T  L  L   G  G  V  G   F  L  P   K  I  L   L  G  V  A   M  A  W   L  G  L2301GGGCATTTAA TACTCTGTTG GGTGGCGTGG GTTTTCTTCC GAAAATCCTG CTCGGTGTCG CAATGGCCTG GCTTGGACTGCCCGTAAATT ATGAGACAAC CCACCGCACC CAAAAGAAGG CTTTTAGGAC GAGCCACAGC GTTACCGGAC CGAACCTGAC E protein Langat E5 ---------------------  N  M  R  N   P  T  L •AATATGCGCA ATCCTACACT TTATACGCGT TAGGATGTGA                     E protein Langat E5-------------------------------------------------------------------                                                                          NS1 gene                                                                          of YF17D                                                                   ---------------------•S  M  G   F  L  L  S   G  G  L   V  L  A   M  T  L  G   V  G  A   D  Q  G   C  A  I  N2401GAGTATGGGG TTTCTTCTGT CAGGAGGCCT GGTCCTGGCA ATGACTCTGG GAGTGGGCGC CGATCAAGGA TGCGCCATCACTCATACCCC AAAGAAGACA GTCCTCCGGA CCAGGACCGT TACTGAGACC CTCACCCGCG GCTAGTTCCT ACGCGGTAGT  NS1 gene of YF17D ---------------------    F  G  K   R  E  LACTTTGGCAA GAGAGAGCTC TGAAACCGTT CTCTCTCGAGCV-TBEV Hypr with YFV/TBEV chimeric signal and dC2 deletion in C protein (p59)                                               5′ UTR----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1AGTAAATCCT GTGTGCTAAT TGAGGTGCAT TGGTCTGCAA ATCGAGTTGC TAGGCAATAA ACACATTTGG ATTAATTTTATCATTTAGGA CACACGATTA ACTCCACGTA ACCAGACGTT TAGCTCAACG ATCCGTTATT TGTGTAAACC TAATTAAAAT      5′ UTR --------------------- ATCGTTCGTT GAGCGATTAGTAGCAAGCAA CTCGCTAATC       5′ UTR -------------------                                                       C protein                   ---------------------------------------------------------------------                    M   S  G  R   K  A  Q  G   K  T  L   G  V  N   M  V  R  R   G  V  R101CAGAGAACTG ACCAGAACAT GTCTGGTCGT AAAGCTCAGG GAAAAACCCT GGGCGTCAAT ATGGTACGAC GAGGAGTTCGGTCTCTTGAC TGGTCTTGTA CAGACCAGCA TTTCGAGTCC CTTTTTGGGA CCCGCAGTTA TACCATGCTG CTCCTCAAGC    C protein ---------------------   S  L  S   N  K  I  K•CTCCTTGTCA AACAAAATAA GAGGAACAGT TTGTTTTATT                                      dC2 deletion (PSR)                                      -                                            C protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• Q  K  T   K  Q  I   G  N  R  P   G  G  V   Q  G  F   I  F  F  F   L  F  N   I  L  T201AACAAAAAAC AAAACAAATT GGAAACAGAC CTGGAGGTGT TCAAGGATTT ATCTTTTTCT TTTTGTTCAA CATTTTGACTTTGTTTTTTG TTTTGTTTAA CCTTTGTCTG GACCTCCACA AGTTCCTAAA TAGAAAAAGA AAAACAAGTT GTAAAACTGA    C protein ---------------------  G  K  K  I   T  A  H•GGAAAAAAGA TCACAGCCCA CCTTTTTTCT AGTGTCGGGT                                             C protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•L  K  R   L  W  K  M   L  D  P   R  Q  G   L  A  V  L   R  K  V   K  R  V   V  A  S  L301CCTAAAGAGG TTGTGGAAAA TGCTGGACCC AAGACAAGGC TTGGCTGTTC TAAGGAAAGT CAAGAGAGTG GTGGCCAGTTGGATTTCTCC AACACCTTTT ACGACCTGGG TTCTGTTCCG AACCGACAAG ATTCCTTTCA GTTCTCTCAC CACCGGTCAA    C protein ---------------------    M  R  G   L  S  STGATGAGAGG ATTGTCCTCA ACTACTCTCC TAACAGGAGT                     YF17D partial signal             ---------------------------------------                                                       TBEV partial signal                                                    --------------------------                                                                                Hypr prM C protein                                                                       protein-------------                                                                  --------- R  K  R  R   S  H  D   V  L  T   V  Q  F  L   I  L  G   M  L  G   M  T  I  A   A  T  V401AGGAAACGCC GTTCCCATGA TGTTCTGACT GTGCAATTCC TAATTTTGGG CATGCTGGGC ATGACAATCG CAGCTACGGTTCCTTTGCGG CAAGGGTACT ACAAGACTGA CACGTTAAGG ATTAAAACCC GTACGACCCG TACTGTTAGC GTCGATGCCA   Hypr prM protein ---------------------   R  K  E   R  D  G  S•TCGCAAGGAA AGAGACGGCA AGCGTTCCTT TCTCTGCCGT                                          Hypr prM protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• T  V  I   R  A  E   G  K  D  A   A  T  Q   V  R  V   E  N  G  T   C  V  I   L  A  T501GTACGGTCAT ACGCGCGGAA GGTAAGGATG CCGCTACCCA AGTGAGAGTG GAAAATGGTA CCTGCGTCAT TCTGGCCACCCATGCCAGTA TGCGCGCCTT CCATTCCTAC GGCGATGGGT TCACTCTCAC CTTTTACCAT GGACGCAGTA AGACCGGTGG   Hypr prM protein ---------------------  D  M  G  S   W  C  D•GACATGGGCT CTTGGTGTGA CTGTACCCGA GAACCACACT                                          Hypr prM protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•D  S  L   S  Y  E  C   V  T  I   D  Q  G   E  E  P  V   D  V  D   C  F  C   R  N  V  D601TGATAGCCTT TCTTATGAGT GCGTAACCAT AGATCAAGGT GAGGAACCTG TTGACGTTGA TTGCTTCTGC CGAAACGTGGACTATCGGAA AGAATACTCA CGCATTGGTA TCTAGTTCCA CTCCTTGGAC AACTGCAACT AACGAAGACG GCTTTGCACC   Hypr prM protein ---------------------    G  V  Y   L  E  YATGGGGTGTA TCTCGAATAT TACCCCACAT AGAGCTTATA                                           Hypr prM protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G  R  C  G   K  Q  E   G  S  R   T  R  R  S   V  L  I   P  S  H   A  Q  G  E   L  T  G701GGACGGTGTG GTAAACAAGA AGGAAGCAGA ACCAGACGCT CAGTGCTTAT ACCCTCCCAC GCTCAAGGAG AGCTGACCGGCCTGCCACAC CATTTGTTCT TCCTTCGTCT TGGTCTGCGA GTCACGAATA TGGGAGGGTG CGAGTTCCTC TCGACTGGCC   Hypr prM protein ---------------------   R  G  H   K  W  L  E•ACGGGGACAT AAATGGTTGG TGCCCCTGTA TTTACCAACC                                           Hypr prM protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• G  D  S   L  R  T   H  L  T  R   V  E  G   W  V  W   K  N  R  L   L  A  L   A  M  V801AGGGCGACTC ACTCCGAACA CATTTGACCC GCGTCGAGGG CTGGGTCTGG AAAAATCGGC TGTTGGCCCT CGCTATGGTGTCCCGCTGAG TGAGGCTTGT GTAAACTGGG CGCAGCTCCC GACCCAGACC TTTTTAGCCG ACAACCGGGA GCGATACCAC   Hypr prM protein ---------------------  T  V  V  W   L  T  L•ACAGTCGTTT GGCTCACGCT TGTCAGCAAA CCGAGTGCGA                                                                             Hypr E                                                                             protein                                                                      ------------------                         Hypr prM protein---------------------------------------------------------------------- •E  S  V   V  T  R  V   A  V  L   V  V  L   L  C  L  A   P  V  Y   A  S  R   C  T  H  L901GGAGTCTGTG GTTACTCGCG TGGCAGTGCT GGTGGTGCTC CTCTGTCTTG CCCCTGTCTA CGCGTCCAGG TGTACTCATTCCTCAGACAC CAATGAGCGC ACCGTCACGA CCACCACGAG GAGACAGAAC GGGGACAGAT GCGCAGGTCC ACATGAGTAA   Hypr E protein ---------------------    E  N  R   D  F  VTGGAAAACAG AGATTTTGTC ACCTTTTGTC TCTAAAACAG                                           Hypr E protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T  G  T  Q   G  T  T   R  V  T   L  V  L  E   L  G  G   C  V  T   I  T  A  E   G  K  P1001ACCGGCACCC AGGGGACGAC TCGGGTAACC CTGGTGCTTG AACTGGGTGG TTGCGTTACT ATTACCGCTG AGGGCAAACCTGGCCGTGGG TCCCCTGCTG AGCCCATTGG GACCACGAAC TTGACCCACC AACGCAATGA TAATGGCGAC TCCCGTTTGG   Hypr E protein ---------------------   S  M  D   V  W  L  D•CTCTATGGAT GTGTGGCTGG GAGATACCTA CACACCGACC                                           Hypr E protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• A  I  Y   Q  E  N   P  A  Q  T   R  E  Y   C  L  H   A  K  L  S   D  T  K   V  A  A1101ATGCAATCTA TCAGGAGAAT CCCGCACAAA CCAGGGAATA TTGCCTTCAC GCAAAGCTGT CCGATACAAA GGTCGCGGCTTACGTTAGAT AGTCCTCTTA GGGCGTGTTT GGTCCCTTAT AACGGAAGTG CGTTTCGACA GGCTATGTTT CCAGCGCCGA   Hypr E protein ---------------------  R  C  P  T   M  G  P•AGGTGCCCAA CAATGGGACC TCCACGGGTT GTTACCCTGG                                           Hypr E protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•A  T  L   A  E  E  H   Q  G  G   T  V  C   K  R  D  Q   S  D  R   G  W  G   N  H  C  G1201GGCCACCCTG GCGGAGGAAC ATCAGGGAGG TACAGTGTGC AAACGGGACC AGAGTGATAG AGGCTGGGGT AATCACTGCGCCGGTGGGAC CGCCTCCTTG TAGTCCCTCC ATGTCACACG TTTGCCCTGG TCTCACTATC TCCGACCCCA TTAGTGACGC   Hypr E protein ---------------------    L  F  G   K  G  SGCCTGTTCGG CAAAGGAAGT CGGACAAGCC GTTTCCTTCA                                           Hypr E protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I  V  A  C   V  K  A   A  C  E   A  K  K  K   A  T  G   H  V  Y   D  A  N  K   I  V  Y1301ATTGTCGCTT GCGTCAAGGC AGCCTGTGAG GCCAAAAAGA AGGCTACTGG GCACGTCTAT GACGCCAACA AGATCGTTTATAACAGCGAA CGCAGTTCCG TCGGACACTC CGGTTTTTCT TCCGATGACC CGTGCAGATA CTGCGGTTGT TCTAGCAAAT   Hypr E protein ---------------------   T  V  K   V  E  P  H•TACAGTGAAA GTGGAACCAC ATGTCACTTT CACCTTGGTG                                           Hypr E protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• T  G  D   Y  V  A   A  N  E  T   H  S  G   R  K  T   A  S  F  T   V  S  S   E  K  T1401ACACAGGGGA TTACGTGGCG GCCAACGAGA CTCATTCCGG TCGCAAAACG GCCAGCTTCA CCGTGTCATC CGAAAAGACCTGTGTCCCCT AATGCACCGC CGGTTGCTCT GAGTAAGGCC AGCGTTTTGC CGGTCGAAGT GGCACAGTAG GCTTTTCTGG   Hypr E protein ---------------------  I  L  T  M   G  E  Y•ATCCTCACTA TGGGGGAGTA TAGGAGTGAT ACCCCCTCAT                                           Hypr E protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•G  D  V   S  L  L  C   R  V  A   S  G  V   D  L  A  Q   T  V  I   L  E  L   D  K  T  V1501TGGCGACGTT TCTCTGCTCT GCCGGGTGGC TAGCGGAGTC GACCTGGCCC AGACAGTCAT CCTGGAACTG GATAAAACAGACCGCTGCAA AGAGACGAGA CGGCCCACCG ATCGCCTCAG CTGGACCGGG TCTGTCAGTA GGACCTTGAC CTATTTTGTC   Hypr E protein ---------------------    E  H  L   P  T  ATTGAGCATCT GCCTACCGCT AACTCGTAGA CGGATGGCGA                                           Hypr E protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W  Q  V  H   R  D  W   F  N  D   L  A  L  P   W  K  H   E  G  A   R  N  W  N   N  A  E1601TGGCAGGTGC ACAGGGATTG GTTTAACGAC CTTGCCCTGC CATGGAAACA TGAAGGAGCG AGAAACTGGA ATAATGCAGAACCGTCCACG TGTCCCTAAC CAAATTGCTG GAACGGGACG GTACCTTTGT ACTTCCTCGC TCTTTGACCT TATTACGTCT   Hypr E protein ---------------------   R  L  V   E  F  G  A•GCGACTCGTA GAATTCGGTG CGCTGAGCAT CTTAAGCCAC                                           Hypr E protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• P  H  A   V  K  M   D  V  Y  N   L  G  D   Q  T  G   V  L  L  K   A  L  A   G  V  P1701CCCCTCATGC CGTGAAGATG GACGTCTACA ATCTGGGTGA TCAGACCGGC GTTCTCCTTA AAGCTCTCGC TGGCGTACCAGGGGAGTACG GCACTTCTAC CTGCAGATGT TAGACCCACT AGTCTGGCCG CAAGAGGAAT TTCGAGAGCG ACCGCATGGT   Hypr E protein ---------------------  V  A  H  I   E  G  T•GTTGCCCACA TCGAAGGAAC CAACGGGTGT AGCTTCCTTG                                           Hypr E protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•K  Y  H   L  K  S  G   H  V  T   C  E  V   G  L  E  K   L  K  M   K  G  L   T  Y  T  M1801GAAGTACCAC CTGAAGTCAG GCCATGTAAC TTGCGAGGTG GGCCTGGAGA AGTTGAAAAT GAAAGGTCTT ACGTACACAACTTCATGGTG GACTTCAGTC CGGTACATTG AACGCTCCAC CCGGACCTCT TCAACTTTTA CTTTCCAGAA TGCATGTGTT   Hypr E protein ---------------------    C  D  K   T  K  FTGTGTGACAA GACCAAGTTC ACACACTGTT CTGGTTCAAG                                           Hypr E protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T  W  K  R   A  P  T   D  S  G   H  D  T  V   V  M  E   V  T  F   S  G  T  K   P  C  R1901ACATGGAAGA GGGCCCCCAC AGATAGCGGC CACGATACTG TGGTGATGGA GGTGACCTTT TCTGGAACAA AACCCTGCAGTGTACCTTCT CCCGGGGGTG TCTATCGCCG GTGCTATGAC ACCACTACCT CCACTGGAAA AGACCTTGTT TTGGGACGTC   Hypr E protein ---------------------   I  P  V   R  A  V  A•AATACCCGTG CGGGCTGTAG TTATGGGCAC GCCCGACATC                                           Hypr E protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• H  G  S   P  D  V   N  V  A  M   L  I  T   P  N  P   T  I  E  N   N  G  G   G  F  I2001CTCACGGATC TCCCGATGTC AATGTTGCTA TGCTGATTAC ACCTAACCCT ACCATCGAGA ATAACGGTGG TGGTTTTATTGAGTGCCTAG AGGGCTACAG TTACAACGAT ACGACTAATG TGGATTGGGA TGGTAGCTCT TATTGCCACC ACCAAAATAA   Hypr E protein ---------------------  E  M  Q  L   P  P  G•GAGATGCAGC TTCCGCCAGG CTCTACGTCG AAGGCGGTCC                                           Hypr E protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•D  N  I   I  Y  V  G   E  L  S   Y  Q  W   F  Q  K  G   S  S  I   G  R  V   F  Q  K  T2101CGATAACATC ATCTACGTGG GCGAACTCTC TTACCAGTGG TTTCAGAAAG GGAGTTCAAT TGGGCGGGTC TTCCAAAAAAGCTATTGTAG TAGATGCACC CGCTTGAGAG AATGGTCACC AAAGTCTTTC CCTCAAGTTA ACCCGCCCAG AAGGTTTTTT   Hypr E protein ---------------------    K  K  G   I  E  RCGAAGAAGGG AATCGAACGA GCTTCTTCCC TTAGCTTGCT                                           Hypr E protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- L  T  V  I   G  E  H   A  W  D   F  G  S  A   G  G  F   L  S  S   I  G  K  A   L  H  T2201TTGACGGTTA TCGGCGAGCA CGCATGGGAT TTTGGTTCCG CAGGGGGATT CCTGTCTTCT ATTGGTAAGG CACTGCATACAACTGCCAAT AGCCGCTCGT GCGTACCCTA AAACCAAGGC GTCCCCCTAA GGACAGAAGA TAACCATTCC GTGACGTATG   Hypr E protein ---------------------   V  L  G   G  A  F  N•CGTGCTGGGG GGCGCATTCA GCACGACCCC CCGCGTAAGT                                           Hypr E protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• S  I  F   G  G  V   G  F  L  P   K  L  L   L  G  V   A  L  A  W   L  G  L   N  M  R2301ATTCTATTTT CGGGGGCGTG GGGTTCCTGC CTAAACTCCT GCTGGGAGTA GCCCTGGCCT GGTTGGGACT GAATATGCGGTAAGATAAAA GCCCCCGCAC CCCAAGGACG GATTTGAGGA CGACCCTCAT CGGGACCGGA CCAACCCTGA CTTATACGCC   Hypr E protein ---------------------  N  P  T  M   S  M  S•AATCCGACGA TGTCCATGTC TTAGGCTGCT ACAGGTACAG                   Hypr E protein---------------------------------------------------------                                                                     NS1 gene                                                                     of YF17D                                                         -------------------------------•F  L  L   A  G  V  L   V  L  A   M  T  L   G  V  G  A   D  Q  G   C  A  I   N  F  G  K2401ATTCCTCTTG GCCGGCGTGC TTGTACTGGC CATGACACTG GGCGTTGGCG CCGATCAAGG ATGCGCCATC AACTTTGGCATAAGGAGAAC CGGCCGCACG AACATGACCG GTACTGTGAC CCGCAACCGC GGCTAGTTCC TACGCGGTAG TTGAAACCGTNS1 gene of YF17D ------------    R  E  L AGAGAGAGCT C TCTCTCTCGA G

SEQUENCE APPENDIX 3 PIV-WN/TBEV Hypr with TBEV signal (p39)                                             5′ UTR----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 AGTAGTTCGC CTGTGTGAGC TGACAAACTT AGTAGTGTTT GTGAGGATTA ACAACAATTAACACAGTGCG AGCTGTTTCT TCATCAAGCG GACACACTCG ACTGTTTGAA TCATCACAAACACTCCTAAT TGTTGTTAAT TGTGTCACGC TCGACAAAGA                  deleted C                 ----       5′ UTR -----------------                 M  S • TAGCACGAAG ATCTCGATGT ATCGTGCTTC TAGAGCTACA                                            WNV deleted C protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  K  K  P   G  G  P   G  K  S  R   A  V  Y   L  L  K   R  G  M  P   R  V  L   S  L  I101 CTAAGAAACC AGGAGGGCCC GGCAAGAGCC GGGCTGTCTA TTTGCTAAAA CGCGGAATGCCCCGCGTGTT GTCCTTGATT GATTCTTTGG TCCTCCCGGG CCGTTCTCGG CCCGACAGATAAACGATTTT GCGCCTTACG GGGCGCACAA CAGGAACTAA WNV deleted C protein---------------------  G  L  K  R   S  S  K • GGACTTAAGC GGAGCTCCAACCTGAATTCG CCTCGAGGTT                                       TBEV signal              ------------------------------------------------------------------  deletedC                                                                     prMHypr--------------                                                                  --------• Q  K  K   R  G  G  T   D  W  M   S  W  L   L  V  I  G   M  L  G   M  T  I   A  A  T  V201 ACAAAAGAAA CGGGGGGGAA CAGACTGGAT GAGCTGGCTG CTCGTAATCG GCATGCTGGGCATGACAATC GCAGCTACGG TGTTTTCTTT GCCCCCCCTT GTCTGACCTA CTCGACCGACGAGCATTAGC CGTACGACCC GTACTGTTAG CGTCGATGCC       prM Hypr---------------------    R  K  E   R  D  G TTCGCAAGGA AAGAGACGGCAAGCGTTCCT TTCTCTGCCG                                               prMHypr---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S  T  V  I   R  A  E   G  K  D   A  A  T  Q   V  R  V   E  N  G   T  C  V  I   L  A  T301 AGTACGGTCA TACGCGCGGA AGGTAAGGAT GCCGCTACCC AAGTGAGAGT GGAAAATGGTACCTGCGTCA TTCTGGCCAC TCATGCCAGT ATGCGCGCCT TCCATTCCTA CGGCGATGGGTTCACTCTCA CCTTTTACCA TGGACGCAGT AAGACCGGTG       prM Hypr---------------------   D  M  G   S  W  C  D • CGACATGGGC TCTTGGTGTGGCTGTACCCG AGAACCACAC                                               prMHypr----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  D  S  L   S  Y  E   C  V  T  I   D  Q  G   E  E  P   V  D  V  D   C  F  C   R  N  V401 ATGATAGCCT TTCTTATGAG TGCGTAACCA TAGATCAAGG TGAGGAACCT GTTGACGTTGATTGCTTCTG CCGAAACGTG TACTATCGGA AAGAATACTC ACGCATTGGT ATCTAGTTCCACTCCTTGGA CAACTGCAAC TAACGAAGAC GGCTTTGCAC       prM Hypr---------------------  D  G  V  Y   L  E  Y • GATGGGGTGT ATCTCGAATACTACCCCACA TAGAGCTTAT                                               prMHypr----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• G  R  C   G  K  Q  E   G  S  R   T  R  R   S  V  L  I   P  S  H   A  Q  G   E  L  T  G501 TGGACGGTGT GGTAAACAAG AAGGAAGCAG AACCAGACGC TCAGTGCTTA TACCCTCCCACGCTCAAGGA GAGCTGACCG ACCTGCCACA CCATTTGTTC TTCCTTCGTC TTGGTCTGCGAGTCACGAAT ATGGGAGGGT GCGAGTTCCT CTCGACTGGC       prM Hypr---------------------    R  G  H   K  W  L GACGGGGACA TAAATGGTTGCTGCCCCTGT ATTTACCAAC                                               prMHypr---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E  G  D  S   L  R  T   H  L  T   R  V  E  G   W  V  W   K  N  R   L  L  A  L   A  M  V601 GAGGGCGACT CACTCCGAAC ACATTTGACC CGCGTCGAGG GCTGGGTCTG GAAAAATCGGCTGTTGGCCC TCGCTATGGT CTCCCGCTGA GTGAGGCTTG TGTAAACTGG GCGCAGCTCCCGACCCAGAC CTTTTTAGCC GACAACCGGG AGCGATACCA       prM Hypr---------------------   T  V  V   W  L  T  L • GACAGTCGTT TGGCTCACGCCTGTCAGCAA ACCGAGTGCG                                                                            EHypr                                                                       -----------------                            prM Hypr-----------------------------------------------------------------------•  E  S  V   V  T  R   V  A  V  L   V  V  L   L  C  L   A  P  V  Y   A  S  R   C  T  H701 TGGAGTCTGT GGTTACTCGC GTGGCAGTGC TGGTGGTGCT CCTCTGTCTT GCCCCTGTCTACGCGTCCAG GTGTACTCAT ACCTCAGACA CCAATGAGCG CACCGTCACG ACCACCACGAGGAGACAGAA CGGGGACAGA TGCGCAGGTC CACATGAGTA       E Hypr---------------------  L  E  N  R   D  F  V • TTGGAAAACA GAGATTTTGTAACCTTTTGT CTCTAAAACA                                                EHypr----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• T  G  T   Q  G  T  T   R  V  T   L  V  L   E  L  G  G   C  V  T   I  T  A   E  G  K  P801 CACCGGCACC CAGGGGACGA CTCGGGTAAC CCTGGTGCTT GAACTGGGTG GTTGCGTTACTATTACCGCT GAGGGCAAAC GTGGCCGTGG GTCCCCTGCT GAGCCCATTG GGACCACGAACTTGACCCAC CAACGCAATG ATAATGGCGA CTCCCGTTTG       E Hypr---------------------    S  M  D   V  W  L CCTCTATGGA TGTGTGGCTGGGAGATACCT ACACACCGAC                                                EHypr---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D  A  I  Y   Q  E  N   P  A  Q   T  R  E  Y   C  L  H   A  K  L   S  D  T  K   V  A  A901 GATGCAATCT ATCAGGAGAA TCCCGCACAA ACCAGGGAAT ATTGCCTTCA CGCAAAGCTGTCCGATACAA AGGTCGCGGC CTACGTTAGA TAGTCCTCTT AGGGCGTGTT TGGTCCCTTATAACGGAAGT GCGTTTCGAC AGGCTATGTT TCCAGCGCCG       E Hypr---------------------   R  C  P   T  M  G  P • TAGGTGCCCA ACAATGGGACATCCACGGGT TGTTACCCTG                                                EHypr----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  A  T  L   A  E  E   H  Q  G  G   T  V  C   K  R  D   Q  S  D  R   G  W  G   N  H  C1001 CGGCCACCCT GGCGGAGGAA CATCAGGGAG GTACAGTGTG CAAACGGGAC CAGAGTGATAGAGGCTGGGG TAATCACTGC GCCGGTGGGA CCGCCTCCTT GTAGTCCCTC CATGTCACACGTTTGCCCTG GTCTCACTAT CTCCGACCCC ATTAGTGACG       E Hypr---------------------  G  L  F  G   K  G  S • GGCCTGTTCG GCAAAGGAAGCCGGACAAGC CGTTTCCTTC                                                EHypr----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• I  V  A   C  V  K  A   A  C  E   A  K  K   K  A  T  G   H  V  Y   D  A  N   K  I  V  Y1101 TATTGTCGCT TGCGTCAAGG CAGCCTGTGA GGCCAAAAAG AAGGCTACTG GGCACGTCTATGACGCCAAC AAGATCGTTT ATAACAGCGA ACGCAGTTCC GTCGGACACT CCGGTTTTTCTTCCGATGAC CCGTGCAGAT ACTGCGGTTG TTCTAGCAAA       E Hypr---------------------    T  V  K   V  E  P ATACAGTGAA AGTGGAACCATATGTCACTT TCACCTTGGT                                                EHypr---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- H  T  G  D   Y  V  A   A  N  E   T  H  S  G   R  K  T   A  S  F   T  V  S  S   E  K  T1201 CACACAGGGG ATTACGTGGC GGCCAACGAG ACTCATTCCG GTCGCAAAAC GGCCAGCTTCACCGTGTCAT CCGAAAAGAC GTGTGTCCCC TAATGCACCG CCGGTTGCTC TGAGTAAGGCCAGCGTTTTG CCGGTCGAAG TGGCACAGTA GGCTTTTCTG       E Hypr---------------------   I  L  T   M  G  E  Y • CATCCTCACT ATGGGGGAGTGTAGGAGTGA TACCCCCTCA                                                EHypr----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  G  D  V   S  L  L   C  R  V  A   S  G  V   D  L  A   Q  T  V  I   L  E  L   D  K  T1301 ATGGCGACGT TTCTCTGCTC TGCCGGGTGG CTAGCGGAGT CGACCTGGCC CAGACAGTCATCCTGGAACT GGATAAAACA TACCGCTGCA AAGAGACGAG ACGGCCCACC GATCGCCTCAGCTGGACCGG GTCTGTCAGT AGGACCTTGA CCTATTTTGT       E Hypr---------------------  V  E  H  L   P  T  A • GTTGAGCATC TGCCTACCGCCAACTCGTAG ACGGATGGCG                                                EHypr----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• W  Q  V   H  R  D  W   F  N  D   L  A  L   P  W  K  H   E  G  A   R  N  W   N  N  A  E1401 TTGGCAGGTG CACAGGGATT GGTTTAACGA CCTTGCCCTG CCATGGAAAC ATGAAGGAGCGAGAAACTGG AATAATGCAG AACCGTCCAC GTGTCCCTAA CCAAATTGCT GGAACGGGACGGTACCTTTG TACTTCCTCG CTCTTTGACC TTATTACGTC       E Hypr---------------------    R  L  V   E  F  G AGCGACTCGT AGAATTCGGTTCGCTGAGCA TCTTAAGCCA                                                EHypr---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A  P  H  A   V  K  M   D  V  Y   N  L  G  D   Q  T  G   V  L  L   K  A  L  A   G  V  P1501 GCCCCTCATG CCGTGAAGAT GGACGTCTAC AATCTGGGTG ATCAGACCGG CGTTCTCCTTAAAGCTCTCG CTGGCGTACC CGGGGAGTAC GGCACTTCTA CCTGCAGATG TTAGACCCACTAGTCTGGCC GCAAGAGGAA TTTCGAGAGC GACCGCATGG       E Hypr---------------------   V  A  H   I  E  G  T • AGTTGCCCAC ATCGAAGGAATCAACGGGTG TAGCTTCCTT                                                EHypr----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  K  Y  H   L  K  S   G  H  V  T   C  E  V   G  L  E   K  L  K  M   K  G  L   T  Y  T1601 CGAAGTACCA CCTGAAGTCA GGCCATGTAA CTTGCGAGGT GGGCCTGGAG AAGTTGAAAATGAAAGGTCT TACGTACACA GCTTCATGGT GGACTTCAGT CCGGTACATT GAACGCTCCACCCGGACCTC TTCAACTTTT ACTTTCCAGA ATGCATGTGT       E Hypr---------------------  M  C  D  K   T  K  F • ATGTGTGACA AGACCAAGTTTACACACTGT TCTGGTTCAA                                                EHypr----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• T  W  K   R  A  P  T   D  S  G   H  D  T   V  V  M  E   V  T  F   S  G  T   K  P  C  R1701 CACATGGAAG AGGGCCCCCA CAGATAGCGG CCACGATACT GTGGTGATGG AGGTGACCTTTTCTGGAACA AAACCCTGCA GTGTACCTTC TCCCGGGGGT GTCTATCGCC GGTGCTATGACACCACTACC TCCACTGGAA AAGACCTTGT TTTGGGACGT       E Hypr---------------------    I  P  V   R  A  V GAATACCCGT GCGGGCTGTAGAATACCCGT GCGGGCTGTA                                                EHypr---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A  H  G  S   P  D  V   N  V  A   M  L  I  T   P  N  P   T  I  E   N  N  G  G   G  F  I1801 GCTCACGGAT CTCCCGATGT CAATGTTGCT ATGCTGATTA CACCTAACCC TACCATCGAGAATAACGGTG GTGGTTTTAT CGAGTGCCTA GAGGGCTACA GTTACAACGA TACGACTAATGTGGATTGGG ATGGTAGCTC TTATTGCCAC CACCAAAATA       E Hypr---------------------   E  M  Q   L  P  P  G • TGAGATGCAG CTTCCGCCAGACTCTACGTC GAAGGCGGTC                                                EHypr----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  D  N  I   I  Y  V   G  E  L  S   Y  Q  W   F  Q  K   G  S  S  I   G  R  V   F  Q  K1901 GCGATAACAT CATCTACGTG GGCGAACTCT CTTACCAGTG GTTTCAGAAA GGGAGTTCAATTGGGCGGGT CTTCCAAAAA CGCTATTGTA GTAGATGCAC CCGCTTGAGA GAATGGTCACCAAAGTCTTT CCCTCAAGTT AACCCGCCCA GAAGGTTTTT       E Hypr---------------------  T  K  K  G   I  E  R • ACGAAGAAGG GAATCGAACGTGCTTCTTCC CTTAGCTTGC                                                EHypr----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• L  T  V   I  G  E  H   A  W  D   F  G  S   A  G  G  F   L  S  S   I  G  K   A  L  H  T2001 ATTGACGGTT ATCGGCGAGC ACGCATGGGA TTTTGGTTCC GCAGGGGGAT TCCTGTCTTCTATTGGTAAG GCACTGCATA TAACTGCCAA TAGCCGCTCG TGCGTACCCT AAAACCAAGGCGTCCCCCTA AGGACAGAAG ATAACCATTC CGTGACGTAT       E Hypr---------------------    V  L  G   G  A  F CCGTGCTGGG GGGCGCATTCGGCACGACCC CCCGCGTAAG                                                EHypr---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N  S  I  F   G  G  V   G  F  L   P  K  L  L   L  G  V   A  L  A   W  L  G  L   N  M  R2101 AATTCTATTT TCGGGGGCGT GGGGTTCCTG CCTAAACTCC TGCTGGGAGT AGCCCTGGCCTGGTTGGGAC TGAATATGCG TTAAGATAAA AGCCCCCGCA CCCCAAGGAC GGATTTGAGGACGACCCTCA TCGGGACCGG ACCAACCCTG ACTTATACGC       E Hypr---------------------   N  P  T   M  S  M  S • GAATCCGACG ATGTCCATGTCTTAGGCTGC TACAGGTACA                        E Hypr----------------------------------------------------------                                                                   WNVNS1 protein                                                          ------------------------------•  F  L  L   A  G  V   L  V  L  A   M  T  L   G  V  G   A  D  T  G   C  A  I   D  I  S2201 CATTCCTCTT GGCCGGCGTG CTTGTACTGG CCATGACACT GGGCGTTGGC GCCGACACTGGGTGTGCCAT AGACATCAGC GTAAGGAGAA CCGGCCGCAC GAACATGACC GGTACTGTGACCCGCAACCG CGGCTGTGAC CCACACGGTA TCTGTAGTCG WNV NS1 protein ------  R  QCGGCAA GCCGTT PIV-WN/TBEV Hypr with WNV signal (p40)                                             5′ UTR----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 AGTAGTTCGC CTGTGTGAGC TGACAAACTT AGTAGTGTTT GTGAGGATTA ACAACAATTAACACAGTGCG AGCTGTTTCT TCATCAAGCG GACACACTCG ACTGTTTGAA TCATCACAAACACTCCTAAT TGTTGTTAAT TGTGTCACGC TCGACAAAGA               deleted C                ----       5′ UTR -----------------                  M  S • TAGCACGAAG ATCTCGATGT ATCGTGCTTC TAGAGCTACA                                            WNV deleted C----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  K  K  P   G  G  P   G  K  S  R   A  V  Y   L  L  K   R  G  M  P   R  V  L   S  L  I101 CTAAGAAACC AGGAGGGCCC GGCAAGAGCC GGGCTGTCTA TTTGCTAAAA CGCGGAATGCCCCGCGTGTT GTCCTTGATT GATTCTTTGG TCCTCCCGGG CCGTTCTCGG CCCGACAGATAAACGATTTT GCGCCTTACG GGGCGCACAA CAGGAACTAA       WNV deleted C---------------------  G  L  K  R   S  S  K • GGACTTAAGC GGAGCTCCAACCTGAATTCG CCTCGAGGTT                                     WNV signal              -----------------------------------------------------------WNV deleted C                                                              prM Hypr--------------                                                           ---------------• Q  K  K   R  G  G  K   T  G  I   A  V  M   I  G  M  L   A  C  V   G  A  A   T  V  R  K201 GCAAAAGAAA CGCGGGGGAA AGACAGGCAT AGCTGTGATG ATAGGCATGC TGGCTTGTGTCGGAGCAGCT ACCGTGCGAA CGTTTTCTTT GCGCCCCCTT TCTGTCCGTA TCGACACTACTATCCGTACG ACCGAACACA GCCTCGTCGA TGGCACGCTT       prM Hypr---------------------    E  R  D   G  S  T AAGAACGCGA CGGAAGCACCTTCTTGCGCT GCCTTCGTGG                                               prMHypr---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- V  I  R  A   E  G  K   D  A  A   T  Q  V  R   V  E  N   G  T  C   V  I  L  A   T  D  M301 GTGATAAGGG CTGAGGGTAA GGATGCGGCT ACGCAGGTGA GAGTAGAGAA TGGCACTTGCGTAATACTCG CGACTGATAT CACTATTCCC GACTCCCATT CCTACGCCGA TGCGTCCACTCTCATCTCTT ACCGTGAACG CATTATGAGC GCTGACTATA       prM Hypr---------------------   G  S  W   C  D  D  S • GGGATCCTGG TGTGACGATACCCTAGGACC ACACTGCTAT                                               prMHypr----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  L  S  Y   E  C  V   T  I  D  Q   G  E  E   P  V  D   V  D  C  F   C  R  N   V  D  G401 GCCTCAGTTA TGAATGCGTA ACAATAGACC AGGGCGAAGA ACCTGTGGAC GTTGACTGTTTCTGTAGAAA TGTGGATGGC CGGAGTCAAT ACTTACGCAT TGTTATCTGG TCCCGCTTCTTGGACACCTG CAACTGACAA AGACATCTTT ACACCTACCG       prM Hypr---------------------  V  Y  L  E   Y  G  R • GTTTATCTGG AGTACGGCCGCAAATAGACC TCATGCCGGC                                               prMHypr----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• C  G  K   Q  E  G  S   R  T  R   R  S  V   L  I  P  S   H  A  Q   G  E  L   T  G  R  G501 CTGTGGAAAA CAGGAGGGCT CACGAACTCG AAGATCTGTG CTGATTCCAA GTCACGCGCAAGGAGAGTTG ACCGGTAGAG GACACCTTTT GTCCTCCCGA GTGCTTGAGC TTCTAGACACGACTAAGGTT CAGTGCGCGT TCCTCTCAAC TGGCCATCTC       prM Hypr---------------------    H  K  W   L  E  G GCCACAAGTG GCTTGAAGGGCGGTGTTCAC CGAACTTCCC                                               prMHypr---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D  S  L  R   T  H  L   T  R  V   E  G  W  V   W  K  N   R  L  L   A  L  A  M   V  T  V601 GACTCATTGA GGACCCACCT GACTAGGGTG GAGGGTTGGG TTTGGAAGAA TCGGTTGCTCGCGCTCGCTA TGGTCACCGT CTGAGTAACT CCTGGGTGGA CTGATCCCAC CTCCCAACCCAAACCTTCTT AGCCAACGAG CGCGAGCGAT ACCAGTGGCA       prM Hypr---------------------   V  W  L   T  L  E  S • CGTGTGGCTG ACACTGGAGAGCACACCGAC TGTGACCTCT                                                                           EHypr                                                                ------------------------                         prM Hypr----------------------------------------------------------------•  V  V  T   R  V  A   V  L  V  V   L  L  C   L  A  P   V  Y  A  S   R  C  T   H  L  E701 GTGTCGTGAC TCGGGTTGCT GTGTTGGTTG TCCTCCTCTG TTTGGCCCCA GTGTACGCGTCCAGGTGTAC TCATTTGGAA CACAGCACTG AGCCCAACGA CACAACCAAC AGGAGGAGACAAACCGGGGT CACATGCGCA GGTCCACATG AGTAAACCTT       E Hypr---------------------  N  R  D  F   V  T  G • AACAGAGATT TTGTCACCGGTTGTCTCTAA AACAGTGGCC                                                EHypr----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• T  Q  G   T  T  R  V   T  L  V   L  E  L   G  G  C  V   T  I  T   A  E  G   K  P  S  M801 CACCCAGGGG ACGACTCGGG TAACCCTGGT GCTTGAACTG GGTGGTTGCG TTACTATTACCGCTGAGGGC AAACCCTCTA GTGGGTCCCC TGCTGAGCCC ATTGGGACCA CGAACTTGACCCACCAACGC AATGATAATG GCGACTCCCG TTTGGGAGAT       E Hypr---------------------    D  V  W   L  D  A TGGATGTGTG GCTGGATGCAACCTACACAC CGACCTACGT                                                EHypr---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I  Y  Q  E   N  P  A   Q  T  R   E  Y  C  L   H  A  K   L  S  D   T  K  V  A   A  R  C901 ATCTATCAGG AGAATCCCGC ACAAACCAGG GAATATTGCC TTCACGCAAA GCTGTCCGATACAAAGGTCG CGGCTAGGTG TAGATAGTCC TCTTAGGGCG TGTTTGGTCC CTTATAACGGAAGTGCGTTT CGACAGGCTA TGTTTCCAGC GCCGATCCAC       E Hypr---------------------   P  T  M   G  P  A  T • CCCAACAATG GGACCGGCCAGGGTTGTTAC CCTGGCCGGT                                                EHypr----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  L  A  E   E  H  Q   G  G  T  V   C  K  R   D  Q  S   D  R  G  W   G  N  H   C  G  L1001 CCCTGGCGGA GGAACATCAG GGAGGTACAG TGTGCAAACG GGACCAGAGT GATAGAGGCTGGGGTAATCA CTGCGGCCTG GGGACCGCCT CCTTGTAGTC CCTCCATGTC ACACGTTTGCCCTGGTCTCA CTATCTCCGA CCCCATTAGT GACGCCGGAC       E Hypr---------------------  F  G  K  G   S  I  V • TTCGGCAAAG GAAGTATTGTAAGCCGTTTC CTTCATAACA                                                EHypr----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• A  C  V   K  A  A  C   E  A  K   K  K  A   T  G  H  V   Y  D  A   N  K  I   V  Y  T  V1101 CGCTTGCGTC AAGGCAGCCT GTGAGGCCAA AAAGAAGGCT ACTGGGCACG TCTATGACGCCAACAAGATC GTTTATACAG GCGAACGCAG TTCCGTCGGA CACTCCGGTT TTTCTTCCGATGACCCGTGC AGATACTGCG GTTGTTCTAG CAAATATGTC       E Hypr---------------------    K  V  E   P  H  T TGAAAGTGGA ACCACACACAACTTTCACCT TGGTGTGTGT                                                EHypr---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G  D  Y  V   A  A  N   E  T  H   S  G  R  K   T  A  S   F  T  V   S  S  E  K   T  I  L1201 GGGGATTACG TGGCGGCCAA CGAGACTCAT TCCGGTCGCA AAACGGCCAG CTTCACCGTGTCATCCGAAA AGACCATCCT CCCCTAATGC ACCGCCGGTT GCTCTGAGTA AGGCCAGCGTTTTGCCGGTC GAAGTGGCAC AGTAGGCTTT TCTGGTAGGA       E Hypr---------------------   T  M  G   E  Y  G  D • CACTATGGGG GAGTATGGCGGTGATACCCC CTCATACCGC                                                EHypr----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  V  S  L   L  C  R   V  A  S  G   V  D  L   A  Q  T   V  I  L  E   L  D  K   T  V  E1301 ACGTTTCTCT GCTCTGCCGG GTGGCTAGCG GAGTCGACCT GGCCCAGACA GTCATCCTGGAACTGGATAA AACAGTTGAG TGCAAAGAGA CGAGACGGCC CACCGATCGC CTCAGCTGGACCGGGTCTGT CAGTAGGACC TTGACCTATT TTGTCAACTC       E Hypr---------------------  H  L  P  T   A  W  Q • CATCTGCCTA CCGCTTGGCAGTAGACGGAT GGCGAACCGT                                                EHypr----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• V  H  R   D  W  F  N   D  L  A   L  P  W   K  H  E  G   A  R  N   W  N  N   A  E  R  L1401 GGTGCACAGG GATTGGTTTA ACGACCTTGC CCTGCCATGG AAACATGAAG GAGCGAGAAACTGGAATAAT GCAGAGCGAC CCACGTGTCC CTAACCAAAT TGCTGGAACG GGACGGTACCTTTGTACTTC CTCGCTCTTT GACCTTATTA CGTCTCGCTG       E Hypr---------------------    V  E  F   G  A  P TCGTAGAATT CGGTGCCCCTAGCATCTTAA GCCACGGGGA                                                EHypr---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- H  A  V  K   M  D  V   Y  N  L   G  D  Q  T   G  V  L   L  K  A   L  A  G  V   P  V  A1501 CATGCCGTGA AGATGGACGT CTACAATCTG GGTGATCAGA CCGGCGTTCT CCTTAAAGCTCTCGCTGGCG TACCAGTTGC GTACGGCACT TCTACCTGCA GATGTTAGAC CCACTAGTCTGGCCGCAAGA GGAATTTCGA GAGCGACCGC ATGGTCAACG       E Hypr---------------------   H  I  E   G  T  K  Y • CCACATCGAA GGAACGAAGTGGTGTAGCTT CCTTGCTTCA                                                EHypr----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  H  L  K   S  G  H   V  T  C  E   V  G  L   E  K  L   K  M  K  G   L  T  Y   T  M  C1601 ACCACCTGAA GTCAGGCCAT GTAACTTGCG AGGTGGGCCT GGAGAAGTTG AAAATGAAAGGTCTTACGTA CACAATGTGT TGGTGGACTT CAGTCCGGTA CATTGAACGC TCCACCCGGACCTCTTCAAC TTTTACTTTC CAGAATGCAT GTGTTACACA       E Hypr---------------------  D  K  T  K   F  T  W • GACAAGACCA AGTTCACATGCTGTTCTGGT TCAAGTGTAC                                                EHypr----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• K  R  A   P  T  D  S   G  H  D   T  V  V   M  E  V  T   F  S  G   T  K  P   C  R  I  P1701 GAAGAGGGCC CCCACAGATA GCGGCCACGA TACTGTGGTG ATGGAGGTGA CCTTTTCTGGAACAAAACCC TGCAGAATAC CTTCTCCCGG GGGTGTCTAT CGCCGGTGCT ATGACACCACTACCTCCACT GGAAAAGACC TTGTTTTGGG ACGTCTTATG       E Hypr---------------------    V  R  A   V  A  H CCGTGCGGGC TGTAGCTCACGGCACGCCCG ACATCGAGTG                                                EHypr---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G  S  P  D   V  N  V   A  M  L   I  T  P  N   P  T  I   E  N  N   G  G  G  F   I  E  M1801 GGATCTCCCG ATGTCAATGT TGCTATGCTG ATTACACCTA ACCCTACCAT CGAGAATAACGGTGGTGGTT TTATTGAGAT CCTAGAGGGC TACAGTTACA ACGATACGAC TAATGTGGATTGGGATGGTA GCTCTTATTG CCACCACCAA AATAACTCTA       E Hypr---------------------   Q  L  P   P  G  D  N • GCAGCTTCCG CCAGGCGATACGTCGAAGGC GGTCCGCTAT                                                EHypr----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  I  I  Y   V  G  E   L  S  Y  Q   W  F  Q   K  G  S   S  I  G  R   V  F  Q   K  T  K1901 ACATCATCTA CGTGGGCGAA CTCTCTTACC AGTGGTTTCA GAAAGGGAGT TCAATTGGGCGGGTCTTCCA AAAAACGAAG TGTAGTAGAT GCACCCGCTT GAGAGAATGG TCACCAAAGTCTTTCCCTCA AGTTAACCCG CCCAGAAGGT TTTTTGCTTC       E Hypr---------------------  K  G  I  E   R  L  T • AAGGGAATCG AACGATTGACTTCCCTTAGC TTGCTAACTG                                                EHypr----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• V  I  G   E  H  A  W   D  F  G   S  A  G   G  F  L  S   S  I  G   K  A  L   H  T  V  L2001 CGTTATCGGC GAGCACGCAT GGGATTTTGG TTCCGCAGGG GGATTCCTGT CTTCTATTGGTAAGGCACTG CATACCGTGC CCAATAGCCG CTCGTGCGTA CCCTAAAACC AAGGCGTCCCCCTAAGGACA GAAGATAACC ATTCCGTGAC GTATGGCACG       E Hypr---------------------    G  G  A   F  N  S TGGGGGGCGC ATTCAATTCTACCCCCCGCG TAAGTTAAGA                                                EHypr---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I  F  G  G   V  G  F   L  P  K   L  L  L  G   V  A  L   A  W  L   G  L  N  M   R  N  P2101 ATTTTCGGGG GCGTGGGGTT CCTGCCTAAA CTCCTGCTGG GAGTAGCCCT GGCCTGGTTGGGACTGAATA TGCGGAATCC TAAAAGCCCC CGCACCCCAA GGACGGATTT GAGGACGACCCTCATCGGGA CCGGACCAAC CCTGACTTAT ACGCCTTAGG       E Hypr---------------------   T  M  S   M  S  F  L • GACGATGTCC ATGTCATTCCCTGCTACAGG TACAGTAAGG                     E Hypr---------------------------------------------------                                                                 WNV NS1protein                                                   -------------------------------------•  L  A  G   V  L  V   L  A  M  T   L  G  V   G  A  D   T  G  C  A   I  D  I   S  R  Q2201 TCTTGGCCGG CGTGCTTGTA CTGGCCATGA CACTGGGCGT TGGCGCCGAC ACTGGGTGTGCCATAGACAT CAGCCGGCAA AGAACCGGCC GCACGAACAT GACCGGTACT GTGACCCGCAACCGCGGCTG TGACCCACAC GGTATCTGTA GTCGGCCGTT

SEQUENCE APPENDIX 4. WN PIV constructs expressing rabies virus Gprotein. WN (ΔCprME)-Rabies PIV sequence (partial)                                             5′ UTR----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 AGTAGTTCGC CTGTGTGAGC TGACAAACTT AGTAGTGTTT GTGAGGATTA ACAACAATTAACACAGTGCG AGCTGTTTCT TCATCAAGCG GACACACTCG ACTGTTTGAA TCATCACAAACACTCCTAAT TGTTGTTAAT TGTGTCACGC TCGACAAAGA    N-terminus of C                 ----       5′ UTR -----------------                 M  S •                  ---- TAGCACGAAG ATCTCGATGTATCGTGCTTC TAGAGCTACA                                          N-terminus of C----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  K  K  P   G  G  P   G  K  S  R   A  V  Y   L  L  K   R  G  M  P   R  V  L   S  L  I----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------101 CTAAGAAACC AGGAGGGCCC GGCAAGAGCC GGGCTGTCTA TTTGCTAAAA CGCGGAATGCCCCGCGTGTT GTCCTTGATT GATTCTTTGG TCCTCCCGGG CCGTTCTCGG CCCGACAGATAAACGATTTT GCGCCTTACG GGGCGCACAA CAGGAACTAA    N-terminus of C---------------------  G  L  K  Q   K  K  R • ---------------------GGACTTAAGC AAAAGAAGCG CCTGAATTCG TTTTCTTCGC N-terminus ofC                                   Rabies-G signal--                             ---------------------------------------------------------       partial C signal   ----------------------------• G  G  K   T  G  I  A   V  I  V   P  Q  A   L  L  F  V   P  L  L   V  F  P   L  C  F  G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------201 AGGGGGCAAG ACTGGTATAG CTGTGATCGT TCCTCAGGCT CTTTTGTTTG TACCCTTGCTGGTATTTCCC CTTTGCTTTG TCCCCCGTTC TGACCATATC GACACTAGCA AGGAGTCCGAGAAAACAAAC ATGGGAACGA CCATAAAGGG GAAACGAAAC    Rabies-G protein  -------------------    K  F  P   I  Y  T ---------------------GTAAATTTCC TATCTATACC CATTTAAAGG ATAGATATGG                                          Rabies-G protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I  P  D  K   L  G  P   W  S  P   I  D  I  H   H  L  S   C  P  N   N  L  V  V   E  D  E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------301 ATCCCTGATA AGCTCGGGCC TTGGAGTCCC ATTGATATTC ACCATTTGAG CTGCCCAAACAACCTCGTCG TTGAGGATGA TAGGGACTAT TCGAGCCCGG AACCTCAGGG TAACTATAAGTGGTAAACTC GACGGGTTTG TTGGAGCAGC AACTCCTACT    Rabies-G protein---------------------   G  C  T   N  L  S  G • ---------------------AGGGTGCACT AATCTTTCTG TCCCACGTGA TTAGAAAGAC                                          Rabies-G protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  F  S  Y  M   E  L  K   V  G  Y  I   S  A  I   K  M  N   G  F  T  C   T  G  V   V  T----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------401 GATTTTCCTA CATGGAGTTG AAAGTGGGCT ATATTTCAGC CATTAAGATG AACGGCTTTACTTGTACAGG AGTCGTGACC CTAAAAGGAT GTACCTCAAC TTTCACCCGA TATAAAGTCGGTAATTCTAC TTGCCGAAAT GAACATGTCC TCAGCACTGG    Rabies-G protein---------------------  E   A  E  T  Y   T  N • ---------------------GAAGCCGAGA CATATACAAA CTTCGGCTCT GTATATGTTT                                          Rabies-G protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• F  V  G   Y  V  T  T   T  F  K   R  K  H   F  R  P  T   P  D  A   C  R  A   A  Y  N  W----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------501 TTTCGTGGGA TACGTCACCA CCACCTTCAA GAGAAAACAC TTCCGCCCAA CGCCTGACGCTTGTCGGGCC GCTTACAACT AAAGCACCCT ATGCAGTGGT GGTGGAAGTT CTCTTTTGTGAAGGCGGGTT GCGGACTGCG AACAGCCCGG CGAATGTTGA    Rabies-G protein---------------------    K  M  A   G  D  P ---------------------GGAAGATGGC AGGAGATCCT CCTTCTACCG TCCTCTAGGA                                          Rabies-G protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- R  Y  E  E   S  L  H   N  P  Y   P  D  Y  H   W  L  R   T  V  K   T  T  K  E   S  L  V----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------601 CGATATGAAG AATCTCTGCA CAACCCGTAT CCTGATTACC ATTGGCTGCG GACAGTCAAGACTACCAAGG AGAGTCTGGT GCTATACTTC TTAGAGACGT GTTGGGCATA GGACTAATGGTAACCGACGC CTGTCAGTTC TGATGGTTCC TCTCAGACCA    Rabies-G protein---------------------   I  I  S   P  S  V  A • ---------------------CATTATATCA CCAAGCGTGG GTAATATAGT GGTTCGCACC                                          Rabies-G protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  D  L  D   P  Y  D   R  S  L  H   S  R  V   F  P  G   G  N  C  S   G  V  A   V  S  S----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------701 CCGATCTTGA TCCTTATGAT AGATCCCTGC ACAGTAGGGT TTTTCCTGGC GGGAATTGTAGCGGTGTTGC AGTATCAAGT GGCTAGAACT AGGAATACTA TCTAGGGACG TGTCATCCCAAAAAGGACCG CCCTTAACAT CGCCACAACG TCATAGTTCA    Rabies-G protein---------------------  T  Y  C  S   T  N  H • ---------------------ACCTACTGCT CCACTAACCA TGGATGACGA GGTGATTGGT                                          Rabies-G protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• D  Y  T   I  W  M  P   E  N  P   R  L  G   M  S  C  D   I  F  T   N  S  R   G  K  R  A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------801 CGACTACACT ATATGGATGC CTGAGAACCC TCGACTCGGT ATGAGTTGCG ACATTTTTACGAACTCACGG GGCAAGCGGG GCTGATGTGA TATACCTACG GACTCTTGGG AGCTGAGCCATACTCAACGC TGTAAAAATG CTTGAGTGCC CCGTTCGCCC    Rabies-G protein---------------------    S  K  G   S  E  T ---------------------CATCTAAGGG GTCTGAAACA GTAGATTCCC CAGACTTTGT                                          Rabies-G protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C  G  F  V   D  E  R   G  L  Y   K  S  L  K   G  A  C   K  L  K   L  C  G  V   L  G  L----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------901 TGCGGGTTTG TTGATGAGCG GGGGTTGTAT AAATCTCTTA AAGGCGCCTG TAAGCTGAAACTCTGTGGCG TACTGGGGCT ACGCCCAAAC AACTACTCGC CCCCAACATA TTTAGAGAATTTCCGCGGAC ATTCGACTTT GAGACACCGC ATGACCCCGA    Rabies-G protein---------------------   R  L  M   D  G  T  W • ---------------------GCGCCTGATG GACGGCACAT CGCGGACTAC CTGCCGTGTA                                          Rabies-G protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  V  A  M   Q  T  S   N  E  T  K   W  C  P   P  G  Q   L  V  N  L   H  D  F   R  S  D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1001 GGGTGGCTAT GCAGACAAGC AATGAAACAA AGTGGTGTCC CCCTGGTCAG CTGGTTAATCTGCACGACTT TAGGTCTGAC CCCACCGATA CGTCTGTTCG TTACTTTGTT TCACCACAGGGGGACCAGTC GACCAATTAG ACGTGCTGAA ATCCAGACTG    Rabies-G protein---------------------  E  I  E  H   L  V  V • ---------------------GAAATCGAGC ACCTTGTGGT CTTTAGCTCG TGGAACACCA                                          Rabies-G protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• E  E  L   V  K  K  R   E  E  C   L  D  A   L  E  S  I   M  T  T   K  S  V   S  F  R  R----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1101 GGAGGAACTG GTGAAGAAAC GCGAAGAGTG CCTGGACGCA CTTGAGAGTA TTATGACCACCAAATCCGTT TCCTTCAGAA CCTCCTTGAC CACTTCTTTG CGCTTCTCAC GGACCTGCGTGAACTCTCAT AATACTGGTG GTTTAGGCAA AGGAAGTCTT    Rabies-G protein---------------------    L  S  H   L  R  K ---------------------GACTGAGCCA CCTGCGAAAG CTGACTCGGT GGACGCTTTC                                          Rabies-G protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- L  V  P  G   F  G  K   A  Y  T   I  F  N  K   T  L  M   E  A  D   A  H  Y  K   S  V  R----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1201 CTGGTGCCAG GGTTCGGGAA GGCTTATACT ATTTTCAACA AGACTCTTAT GGAGGCGGATGCCCATTATA AGTCAGTTAG GACCACGGTC CCAAGCCCTT CCGAATATGA TAAAAGTTGTTCTGAGAATA CCTCCGCCTA CGGGTAATAT TCAGTCAATC    Rabies-G protein---------------------   T  W  N   E  I  I  P • ---------------------GACTTGGAAT GAGATAATTC CTGAACCTTA CTCTATTAAG                                          Rabies-G protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  S  K   G  C  L   R   V  G  G  R   C  H  P   H  V  N   G  V  F  F   N  G  I   I  L  G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1301 CCTCCAAAGG ATGTCTGAGA GTCGGTGGGA GATGCCACCC CCATGTCAAT GGGGTGTTCTTTAACGGAAT CATCCTGGGA GGAGGTTTCC TACAGACTCT CAGCCACCCT CTACGGTGGGGGTACAGTTA CCCCACAAGA AATTGCCTTA GTAGGACCCT    Rabies-G protein---------------------  P  D  G  N   V  L  I • ---------------------CCTGACGGGA ACGTGCTGAT GGACTGCCCT TGCACGACTA                                          Rabies-G protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• P  E  M   Q  S  S  L   L  O  Q   H  M  E   L  L  V  S   S  V  I   P  L  M   H  P  L  A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1401 TCCCGAGATG CAATCTTCCC TTCTGCAGCA ACACATGGAA CTCCTGGTGT CTTCAGTGATACCCCTGATG CACCCACTGG AGGGCTCTAC GTTAGAAGGG AAGACGTCGT TGTGTACCTTGAGGACCACA GAAGTCACTA TGGGGACTAC GTGGGTGACC    Rabies-G protein---------------------    D  P  S   T  V  F ---------------------CCGACCCCAG CACTGTGTTC GGCTGGGGTC GTGACACAAG                                          Rabies-G protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- K  N  G  D   E  A  E   D  F  V   E  V  H  L   P  D  V   H  E  R   I  S  G  V   D  L  G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1501 AAAAATGGCG ATGAGGCCGA AGACTTTGTG GAAGTTCACC TGCCCGATGT ACACGAAAGGATATCTGGAG TAGACCTGGG TTTTTACCGC TACTCCGGCT TCTGAAACAC CTTCAAGTGGACGGGCTACA TGTGCTTTCC TATAGACCTC ATCTGGACCC    Rabies-G protein---------------------   L  P  N   W  G  K  Y • ---------------------CCTTCCTAAT TGGGGTAAGT GGAAGGATTA ACCCCATTCA                                          Rabies-G protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  V  L  L   S  A  G   A  L  T  A   L  M  L   I  I  F   L  M  T  C   W  R  R   V  N  R----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1601 ACGTGCTCCT GAGTGCGGGT GCCTTGACCG CTTTGATGCT GATCATTTTT CTGATGACCTGCTGGCGGAG GGTGAATCGC TGCACGAGGA CTCACGCCCA CGGAACTGGC GAAACTACGACTAGTAAAAA GACTACTGGA CGACCGCCTC CCACTTAGCG    Rabies-G protein---------------------  S  E  P  T   Q  H  N • ---------------------TCCGAGCCGA CACAGCACAA AGGCTCGGCT GTGTCGTGTT                                        Rabies-G protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• L  R  G   T  G  R  E   V  S  V   T  P  Q   S  G  K  I   I  S  S   W  E  S   Y  K  S  G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1701 TCTCAGAGGG ACAGGCCGGG AAGTAAGTGT GACTCCGCAA TCTGGCAAGA TTATTAGTAGTTGGGAGAGT TACAAGTCTG AGAGTCTCCC TGTCCGGCCC TTCATTCACA CTGAGGCGTTAGACCGTTCT AATAATCATC AACCCTCTCA ATGTTCAGAC Rabies-G protein------------------                   FMDV 2A                   ---   G  E  T   G  L  N --------------------- GAGGAGAGAC TGGGTTGAATCTCCTCTCTG ACCCAACTTA                                                    preNS1 signal                                                    ----------                    FMDV2A                                            NS1 signal----------------------------------------------------          -------------------------- F  D  L  L   K  L  A   G  D  V   E  S  N  P   G  P  A   R  D  R   S  I  A  L   T  F  L----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1801 TTTGATCTGC TCAAACTTGC AGGCGATGTA GAATCAAATC CTGGACCCGC CCGGGACAGGTCCATAGCTC TCACGTTTCT AAACTAGACG AGTTTGAACG TCCGCTACAT CTTAGTTTAGGACCTGGGCG GGCCCTGTCC AGGTATCGAG AGTGCAAAGA      NS1 signal---------------------   A  V  G   G  V  L  L • ---------------------CGCAGTTGGA GGAGTTCTGC GCGTCAACCT CCTCAAGACG         NS1 signal----------------------------                                                               NS1                            ------------------------------------------------------------•  F  L  S   V  N  V   H  A  D  T   G  C  A   I  D  I   S  R  Q  E   L  R  C   G  S  G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1901 TCTTCCTCTC CGTGAACGTG CACGCTGACA CTGGGTGTGC CATAGACATC AGCCGGCAAGAGCTGAGATG TGGAAGTGGA AGAAGGAGAG GCACTTGCAC GTGCGACTGT GACCCACACGGTATCTGTAG TCGGCCGTTC TCGACTCTAC ACCTTCACCT         NS1---------------------  V  F  I  H   N  D  V • ---------------------GTGTTCATAC ACAATGATGT CACAAGTATG TGTTACTACA WN (ΔC)-Rabies G PIVsequence (partial).                                              5′UTR----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 AGTAGTTCGC CTGTGTGAGC TGACAAACTT AGTAGTGTTT GTGAGGATTA ACAACAATTAACACAGTGCG AGCTGTTTCT TCATCAAGCG GACACACTCG ACTGTTTGAA TCATCACAAACACTCCTAAT TGTTGTTAAT TGTGTCACGC TCGACAAAGA       5′UTR-----------------                  N-                  terminus of C                 ----                   M  S •                  ----TAGCACGAAG ATCTCGATGT ATCGTGCTTC TAGAGCTACA                                          N-terminus of C----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  K  K  P   G  G  P   G  K  S  R   A  V  N   M  L  K   R  G  M  P   R  V  L   S  L  I----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------101 CTAAGAAACC AGGAGGGCCC GGCAAGAGCC GGGCTGTCAA TATGCTAAAA CGCGGAATGCCCCGCGTGTT GTCCTTGATT GATTCTTTGG TCCTCCCGGG CCGTTCTCGG CCCGACAGTTATACGATTTT GCGCCTTACG GGGCGCACAA CAGGAACTAA    N-terminus of C---------------------  G  L  K  Q   K  K  R • ---------------------GGACTTAAGC AAAAGAAGCG CCTGAATTCG TTTTCTTCGC N-terminus of C --       partial C signal                           RAbies-G signal  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• G  G  K   T  G  I  A   V  I  V   P  Q  A   L  L  F  V   P  L  L   V  F  P   L  C  F  G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------201 AGGGGGCAAG ACTGGTATAG CTGTGATCGT TCCTCAGGCT CTTTTGTTTG TACCCTTGCTGGTATTTCCC CTTTGCTTTG TCCCCCGTTC TGACCATATC GACACTAGCA AGGAGTCCGAGAAAACAAAC ATGGGAACGA CCATAAAGGG GAAAACAAAC    Rabies-G protein  -------------------    K  F  P  I  Y  T ---------------------GTAAATTTCC TATCTATACC CATTTAAAGG ATAGATATGG                                          Rabies-G protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I  P  D  K   L  G  P   W  S  P   I  D  I  H   H  L  S   C  P  N   N  L  V  V   E  D  E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------301 ATCCCTGATA AGCTCGGGCC TTGGAGTCCC ATTGATATTC ACCATTTGAG CTGCCCAAACAACCTCGTCG TTGAGGATGA TAGGGACTAT TCGAGCCCGG AACCTCAGGG TAACTATAAGTGGTAAACTC GACGGGTTTG TTGGAGCAGC AACTCCTACT    Rabies-G protein---------------------    G  C  T   N  L  S  G • ---------------------AGGGTGCACT AATCTTTCTG TCCCACGTGA TTAGAAAGAC                                          Rabies-G protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  F  S  Y   M  E  L   K  V  G  Y   I  S  A   I  K  M   N  G  F  T   C  T  G   V  V  T----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------401 GATTTTCCTA CATGGAGTTG AAAGTGGGCT ATATTTCAGC CATTAAGATG AACGGCTTTACTTGTACAGG AGTCGTGACC CTAAAAGGAT GTACCTCAAC TTTCACCCGA TATAAAGTCGGTAATTCTAC TTGCCGAAAT GAACATGTCC TCAGCACTGG    Rabies-G protein---------------------  E  A  E  T   Y  T  N • ---------------------GAAGCCGAGA CATATACAAA CTTCGGCTCT GTATATGTTT                                          Rabies-G protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• F  V  G   Y  V  T  T   T  F  K   R  K  H   F  R  P  T   P  D  A   C  R  A   A  Y  N  W----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------501 TTTCGTGGGA TACGTCACCA CCACCTTCAA GAGAAAACAC TTCCGCCCAA CGCCTGACGCTTGTCGGGCC GCTTACAACT AAAGCACCCT ATGCAGTGGT GGTGGAAGTT CTCTTTTGTGAAGGCGGGTT GCGGACTGCG AACAGCCCGG CGAATGTTGA    Rabies-G protein---------------------   K  M  A   G  D  P ---------------------GGAAGATGGC AGGAGATCCT CCTTCTACCG TCCTCTAGGA                                          Rabies-G protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- R  Y  E  E   S  L  H   N  P  Y   P  D  Y  H   W  L  R   T  V  K   T  T  K  E   S  L  V----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------601 CGATATGAAG AATCTCTGCA CAACCCGTAT CCTGATTACC ATTGGCTGCG GACAGTCAAGACTACCAAGG AGAGTCTGGT GCTATACTTC TTAGAGACGT GTTGGGCATA GGACTAATGGTAACCGACGC CTGTCAGTTC TGATGGTTCC TCTCAGACCA    Rabies-G protein---------------------   I  I  S   P  S  V  A • ---------------------CATTATATCA CCAAGCGTGG GTAATATAGT GGTTCGCACC                                          Rabies-G protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  D  L  D   P  Y  D   R  S  L  H   S  R  V   F  P  G   G  N  C  S   G  V  A   V  S  S----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------701 CCGATCTTGA TCCTTATGAT AGATCCCTGC ACAGTAGGGT TTTTCCTGGC GGGAATTGTAGCGGTGTTGC AGTATCAAGT GGCTAGAACT AGGAATACTA TCTAGGGACG TGTCATCCCAAAAAGGACCG CCCTTAACAT CGCCACAACG TCATAGTTCA    Rabies-G protein---------------------  T  Y  C  S   T  N  H • ---------------------ACCTACTGCT CCACTAACCA TGGATGACGA GGTGATTGGT                                          Rabies-G protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• D  Y  T   I  W  M  P   E  N  P   R  L  G   M  S  C  D   I  F  T   N  S  R   G  K  R  A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------801 CGACTACACT ATATGGATGC CTGAGAACCC TCGACTCGGT ATGAGTTGCG ACATTTTTACGAACTCACGG GGCAAGCGGG GCTGATGTGA TATACCTACG GACTCTTGGG AGCTGAGCCATACTCAACGC TGTAAAAATG CTTGAGTGCC CCGTTCGCCC    Rabies-G protein---------------------    S  K  G   S  E  T ---------------------CATCTAAGGG GTCTGAAACA GTAGATTCCC CAGACTTTGT                                          Rabies-G protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C  G  F  V   D  E  R   G  L  Y   K  S  L  K   G  A  C   K  L  K   L  C  G  V   L  G  L----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------901 TGCGGGTTTG TTGATGAGCG GGGGTTGTAT AAATCTCTTA AAGGCGCCTG TAAGCTGAAACTCTGTGGCG TACTGGGGCT ACGCCCAAAC AACTACTCGC CCCCAACATA TTTAGAGAATTTCCGCGGAC ATTCGACTTT GAGACACCGC ATGACCCCGA    Rabies-G protein---------------------   R  L  M   D  G  T  W • ---------------------GCGCCTGATG GACGGCACAT CGCGGACTAC CTGCCGTGTA                                          Rabies-G protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  V  A  M   Q  T  S   N  E  T  K   W  C  P   P  G  Q   L  V  N  L   H  D  F   R  S  D----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1001 GGGTGGCTAT GCAGACAAGC AATGAAACAA AGTGGTGTCC CCCTGGTCAG CTGGTTAATCTGCACGACTT TAGGTCTGAC CCCACCGATA CGTCTGTTCG TTACTTTGTT TCACCACAGGGGGACCAGTC GACCAATTAG ACGTGCTGAA ATCCAGACTG    Rabies-G protein---------------------  E  I  E  H   L  V  V • ---------------------GAAATCGAGC ACCTTGTGGT CTTTAGCTCG TGGAACACCA                                          Rabies-G protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• E  E  L   V  K  K  R   E  E  C   L  D  A   L  E  S  T   M  T  T   K  S  V   S  F  R  R----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1101 GGAGGAACTG GTGAAGAAAC GCGAAGAGTG CCTGGACGCA CTTGAGAGTA TTATGACCACCAAATCCGTT TCCTTCAGAA CCTCCTTGAC CACTTCTTTG CGCTTCTCAC GGACCTGCGTGAACTCTCAT AATACTGGTG GTTTAGGCAA AGGAAGTCTT    Rabies-G protein---------------------    L  S  H   L  R  K ---------------------GACTGAGCCA CCTGCGAAAG CTGACTCGGT GGACGCTTTC                                          Rabies-G protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- L  V  P  G   F  G  K   A  Y  T   I  F  N  K   T  L M   E  A  D   A  H  Y  K   S  V  R----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1201 CTGGTGCCAG GGTTCGGGAA GGCTTATACT ATTTTCAACA AGACTCFTAT GGAGGCGGATGCCCATTATA AGTCAGTTAG GACCACGGTC CCAAGCCCTT CCGAATATGA TAAAAGTTGTTCTGAGAATA CCTCCGCCTA CGGGTAATAT TCAGTCAATC    Rabies-G protein---------------------   T  W  N   E  I  I  P • ---------------------GACTTGGAAT GAGATAATTC CTGAACCTTA CTCTATTAAG                                          Rabies-G protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  S  K  G   C  L  R   V  G  G  R   C  H  P   H  V  N   G  V  F  F   N  G  I   I  L  G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1301 CCTCCAAAGG ATGTCTGAGA GTCGGTGGGA GATGCCACCC CCATGTCAAT GGGGTGTTCTTTAACGGAAT CATCCFGGGA GGAGGTTTCC TACAGACTCT CAGCCACCCT CTACGGTGGGGGTACAGTTA CCCCACAAGA AATTGCCTTA GTAGGACCCT    Rabies-G protein---------------------  P  D  G  N   V  L  I • ---------------------CCTGACGGGA ACGTGCTGAT GGACTGCCCT TGCACGACTA                                          Rabies-G protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  P  E  M   Q  S  S  L   L  Q  Q   H  M  E   L  L  V  S   S  V  I   P  L  M   H  P  L  A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1401 TCCCGAGATG CAATCTTCCC TTCTGCAGCA ACACATGGAA CTCCTGGTGT CTTCAGTGATACCCCTGATG CACCCACTGG AGGGCTCTAC GTTAGAAGGG AAGACGTCGT TGTGTACCTTGAGGACCACA GAAGTCACTA TGGGGACTAC GTGGGTGACC    Rabies-G protein---------------------    D  P  S   T  V  F ---------------------CCGACCCCAG CACTGTGTTC GGCTGGGGTC GTGACACAAG                                          Rabies-G protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- K  N  G  D   E  A  E   D  F  V   E  V  H  L   P  D  V   H  E  R   I  S  G  V   D  L  G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1501 AAAAATGGCG ATGAGGCCGA AGACTTTGTG GAAGTTCACC TGCCCGATGT ACACGAAAGGATATCTGGAG TAGACCTGGG TTTTACCGC TACTCCGGCT TCTGAAACAC CTTCAAGTGGACGGGCTACA TGTGCTTTCC TATAGACCTC ATCTGGACCC    Rabies-G protein---------------------   L  P  N   W  G  K  Y • ---------------------CCTTCCTAAT TGGGGTAAGT GGAAGGATTA ACCCCATTCA                                          Rabies-G protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  V  L  L   S  A  G   A  L  T  A   L  M  L   I  I  F   L  M  T  C   W  R  R   V  N  R----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1601 ACGTGCTCCT GAGTGCGGGT GCCTTGACCG CTTTGATGCT GATCATTTTT CTGATGACCTGCTGGCGGAG GGTGAATCGC TGCACGAGGA CTCACGCCCA CGGAACTGGC GAAACTACGACTAGTAAAAA GACTACTGGA CGACCGCCTC CCACTTAGCG    Rabies-G protein---------------------  S  E  P  T   Q  H  N • ---------------------TCCGAGCCGA CACAGCACAA AGGCTCGGCT GTGTCGTGTT                                          Rabies-G protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• L  R  G   T  G  R  E   V  S  V   T  P  Q   S  G  K  I   I  S  S   W  E  S   Y  K  S  G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1701 TCTCAGAGGG ACAGGCCGGG AAGTAAGTGT GACTCCGCAA TCTGGCAAGA TTATTAGTAGTTGGGAGAGT TACAAGTCTG AGAGTCTCCC TGTCCGGCCC TTCATTCACA CTGAGGCGTTAGACCGTTCT AATAATCATC AACCCTCTCA ATGTTCAGAC                   FMDV 2A                  --- Rabies-G protein ------------------   G  E  T   G  L  N --------------------- GAGGAGAGAC TGGGTTGAATCTCCTCTCTG ACCCAACTTA                                                                  C/prMsingal                                                   -------------------------------------                    FMDV 2A---------------------------------------------------- F  D  L  L   K  L  A   G  D  V   E  S  N  P   G  P  G   G  K  T   G  I  A  V   M  I  G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1801 TTTGATCTGC TCAAACTTGC AGGCGATGTA GAATCAAATC CTGGACCCGG AGGAAAGACCGGTATTGCAG TCATGATTGG AAACTAGACG AGTTTGAACG TCCGCTACAT CTTAGTTTAGGACCTGGGCC TCCTTTCTGG CCATAACGTC AGTACTAACC    C/prM singal---------------------   L  I  A   C  V  G  A • ---------------------CCTGATCGCC TGCGTAGGAG GGACTAGCGG ACGCATCCTC C/prM signal --                                                 prM  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  V  T  L   S  N  F   Q  G  K  V   M  M  T   V  N  A   T  D  V  T   D  V  I   T  I  P----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1901 CAGTTACCCT CTCTAACTTC CAAGGGAAGG TGATGATGAC GGTAAATGCT ACTGACGTCACAGATGTCAT CACGATTCCA GTCAATGGGA GAGATTGAAG GTTCCCTTCC ACTACTACTGCCATTTACGA TGACTGCAGT GTCTACAGTA GTGCTAAGGT         prM---------------------  T  A  A  G   K  N  L • ---------------------ACAGCTGCTG GAAAGAACCT TGTCGACGAC CTTTCTTGGA                                                 prM----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• C  I  V   R  A  M  D   V  G  Y   M  C  D   D  T  I  T   Y  E  C   P  V  L   S  A  G  N----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2001 ATGCATTGTC AGAGCAATGG ATGTGGGATA CATGTGCGAT GATACTATCA CTTATGAATGCCCAGTGCTG TCGGCTGGTA TACGTAACAG TCTCGTTACC TACACCCTAT GTACACGCTACTATGATAGT GAATACTTAC GGGTCACGAC AGCCGACCAT         prM---------------------    D  P  E   D  I  D ---------------------ATGATCCAGA AGACATCGAC TACTAGGTCT TCTGTAGCTG                                                 prM---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C  W  C  T   K  S  A   V  Y  V   R  Y  G  R   C  T  K   T  R  H   S  R  R  S   R  R  S----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2101 TGTTGGTGCA CAAAGTCAGC AGTCTACGTC AGGTATGGAA GATGCACCAA GACACGCCACTCAAGACGCA GTCGGAGGTC ACAACCACGT GTTTCAGTCG TCAGATGCAG TCCATACCTTCTACGTGGTT CTGTGCGGTG AGTTCTGCGT CAGCCTCCAG         prM---------------------   L  T  V   Q  T  H  G • ---------------------ACTGACAGTG CAGACACACG TGACTGTCAC GTCTGTGTGC                                                 prM----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  E  S  T   L  A  N   K  K  G  A   W  M  D   S  T  K   A  T  R  Y   L  V  K   T  E  S----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2201 GAGAAAGCAC TCTAGCGAAC AAGAAGGGGG CTTGGATGGA CAGCACCAAG GCCACAAGGTATTTGGTAAA AACAGAATCA CTCTTTCGTG AGATCGCTTG TTCTTCCCCC GAACCTACCTGTCGTGGTTC CGGTGTTCCA TAAACCATTT TTGTCTTAGT         prM---------------------  W  I  L  R   N  P  G • ---------------------TGGATCTTGA GGAACCCTGG ACCTAGAACT CCTTGGGACC                                                 prM----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• Y  A  L   V  A  A  V   I  G  W   M  L  G   S  N  T  M   Q  R  V   V  F  V   V  L  L  L----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2301 ATATGCCCTG GTGGCAGCCG TCATTGGTTG GATGCTTGGG AGCAACACCA TGCAGAGAGTTGTGTTTGTC GTGCTATTGC TATACGGGAC CACCGTCGGC AGTAACCAAC CTACGAACCCTCGTTGTGGT ACGTCTCTCA ACACAAACAG CACGATAACG         prM---------------------    L  V  A   P  A  Y ---------------------TTTTGGTGGC CCCAGCTTAC AAAACCACCG GGGTCGAATG                                                   E   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------prM --- S  F  N  C   L  G  M   S  N  R   D  F  L  E   G  V  S   G  A  T   W  V  D  L   V  L  E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2401 AGCTTTAACT GCCTTGGAAT GAGCAACAGA GACTTCTTGG AAGGAGTGTC TGGAGCAACATGGGTGGATT TGGTTCTCGA TCGAAATTGA CGGAACCTTA CTCGTTGTCT CTGAAGAACCTTCCTCACAG ACCTCGTTGT ACCCACCTAA ACCAAGAGCT           E---------------------   G  D  S   C  V  T  I • ---------------------AGGCGACAGC TGCGTGACTA TCCGCTGTCG ACGCACTGAT                                                 E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  M  S  K   D  K  P   T  I  D  V   K  M  M   N  M  E   A  A  N  L   A  E  V   R  S  Y----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2501 TCATGTCTAA GGACAAGCCT ACCATCGATG TGAAGATGAT GAATATGGAG GCGGCCAACCTGGCAGAGGT CCGCAGTTAT AGTACAGATT CCTGTTCGGA TGGTAGCTAC ACTTCTACTACTTATACCTC CGCCGGTTGG ACCGTCTCCA GGCGTCAATA           E---------------------  C  Y  L  A   T  V  S • ---------------------TGCTATTTGG CTACCGTCAG ACGATAAACC GATGGCAGTC                                                 E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• D  L  S   T  K  A  A   C  P  A   M  G  E   A  H  N  D   K  R  A   D  P  A   F  V  C  R----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2601 CGATCTCTCC ACCAAAGCTG CGTGCCCGGC CATGGGAGAA GCTCACAATG ACAAACGTGCTGACCCAGCT TTTGTGTGCA GCTAGAGAGG TGGTTTCGAC GCACGGGCCG GTACCCTCTTCGAGTGTTAC TGTTTGCACG ACTGGGTCGA AAACACACGT           E---------------------    Q  G  V   V  D  R ---------------------GACAAGGAGT GGTGGACAGG CTGTTCCTCA CCACCTGTCC                                                 E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G  W  G  N   G  C  G   L  F  G   K  G  S  I   D  T  C   A  K  F   A  C  S  T   K  A  I----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2701 GGCTGGGGCA ACGGCTGCGG ACTATTTGGC AAAGGAAGCA TTGACACATG CGCCAAATTTGCCTGCTCTA CCAAGGCAAT CCGACCCCGT TGCCGACGCC TGATAAACCG TTTCCTTCGTAACTGTGTAC GCGGTTTAAA CGGACGAGAT GGTTCCGTTA           E---------------------   G  R  T   I  L  K  E • ---------------------AGGAAGAACC ATTTTGAAAG TCCTTCTTGG TAAAACTTTC                                                 E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  N  I  K   Y  E  V   A  I  F  V   H  G  P   T  T  V   E  S  H  G   N  Y  S   T  Q  V----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2801 AGAATATCAA GTACGAAGTG GCCATTTTTG TCCATGGACC AACTACTGTG GAGTCGCACGGAAACTACTC CACACAGGTT TCTTATAGTT CATGCTTCAC CGGTAAAAAC AGGTACCTGGTTGATGACAC CTCAGCGTGC CTTTGATGAG GTGTGTCCAA           E---------------------   G  A  T  Q   A  G  R ---------------------GGAGCCACTC AGGCAGGGAG CCTCGGTGAG TCCGTCCCTC                                                 E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• F  S  I   T  P  A  A   P  S  Y   T  L  K   L  G  E  Y   G  E  V   T  V  D   C  E  P  R----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2901 ATTCAGCATC ACTCCTGCGG CGCCTTCATA CACACTAAAG CTTGGAGAAT ATGGAGAGGTGACAGTGGAC TGTGAACCAC TAAGTCGTAG TGAGGACGCC GCGGAAGTAT GTGTGATTTCGAACCTCTTA TACCTCTCCA CTGTCACCTG ACACTTGGTG           E---------------------    S  G  I   D  T  N ---------------------GGTCAGGGAT TGACACCAAT CCAGTCCCTA ACTGTGGTTA                                                 E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A  Y  Y  V   M  T  V   G  T  K   T  F  L  V   H  R  E   W  F  M   D  L  N  L   P  W  S----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3001 GCATACTACG TGATGACTGT TGGAACAAAG ACGTTCTTGG TCCATCGTGA GTGGTTCATGGACCTCAACC TCCCTTGGAG CGTATGATGC ACTACTGACA ACCTTGTTTC TGCAAGAACCAGGTAGCACT CACCAAGTAC CTGGAGTTGG AGGGAACCTC           E---------------------   S  A  G   S  T  V  W • ---------------------CAGTGCTGGA AGTACTGTGT GTCACGACCT TCATGACACA                                                 E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  R  N  R   E  T  L   M  E  F  E   E  P  H   A  T  K   Q  S  V  I   A  L  G   S  Q  E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3101 GGAGGAACAG AGAGACGTTA ATGGAGTTTG AGGAACCACA CGCCACGAAG CAGTCTGTGATAGCATTGGG CTCACAAGAG CCTCCTTGTC TCTCTGCAAT TACCTCAAAC TCCTTGGTGTGCGGTGCTTC GTCAGACACT ATCGTAACCC GAGTGTTCTC           E---------------------  G  A  L  H   Q  A  L • ---------------------GGAGCTCTGC ATCAAGCTTT CCTCGAGACG TAGTTCGAAA                                                 E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• A  G  A   I  P  V  E   F  S  S   N  T  V   K  L  T  S   G  H  L   K  C  R   V  K  M  E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3201 GGCTGGAGCC ATTCCTGTGG AATTTTCAAG CAACACTGTC AAGTTGACGT CGGGTCATTTGAAGTGTAGA GTGAAGATGG CCGACCTCGG TAAGGACACC TTAAAAGTTC GTTGTGACAGTTCAACTGCA GCCCAGTAAA CTTCACATCT CACTTCTACC           E---------------------    K  L  Q   L  K  G ---------------------AAAAATTGCA GTTGAAGGGA TTTTTAACGT CAACTTCCCT                                                 E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T  T  Y  G   V  C  S   K  A  F   K  F  L  G   T  P  A   D  T  G   H  G  T  V   V  L  E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3301 ACAACCTATG GCGTCTGTTC AAAGGCTTTC AAGTTTCTTG GGACTCCCGC AGACACAGGTCACGGCACTG TGGTGTTGGA TGTTGGATAC CGCAGACAAG TTTCCGAAAG TTCAAAGAACCCTGAGGGCG TCTGTGTCCA GTGCCGTGAC ACCACAACCT           E---------------------   L  Q  Y   T  G  T  D • ---------------------ATTGCAGTAC ACTGGCACGG TAACGTCATG TGACCGTGCC                                                 E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  G  P  C   K  V  P   I  S  S  V   A  S  L   N  D  L   T  P  V  G   R  L  V   T  V  N----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3401 ATGGACCTTG CAAAGTTCCT ATCTCGTCAG TGGCTTCATT GAACGACCTA ACGCCAGTGGGCAGATTGGT CACTGTCAAC TACCTGGAAC GTTTCAAGGA TAGAGCAGTC ACCGAAGTAACTTGCTGGAT TGCGGTCACC CGTCTAACCA GTGACAGTTG           E--------------------- P  F  V  S   V  A  T • ---------------------CCTTTTGTTT CAGTGGCCAC GGAAAACAAA GTCACCGGTG                                                 E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• A  N  A   K  V  L  I   E  L  E   P  P  F   G  D  S  Y   I  V  V   G  R  G   E  Q  Q  I----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3501 GGCCAACGCT AAGGTCCTGA TTGAATTGGA ACCACCCTTT GGAGACTCAT ACATAGTGGTGGGCAGAGGA GAACAACAGA CCGGTTGCGA TTCCAGGACT AACTTAACCT TGGTGGGAAACCTCTGAGTA TGTATCACCA CCCGTCTCCT CTTGTTGTCT           E---------------------    N  H  H  W  H  K ---------------------TCAATCACCA CTGGCACAAG AGTTAGTGGT GACCGTGTTC                                                 E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S  G  S  S   I  G  K   A  F  T   T  T  L  K   G  A  Q   R  L  A   A  L  G  D   T  A  W----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3601 TCTGGAAGCA GCATTGGCAA AGCCTTTACA ACCACCCTCA AAGGAGCGCA GAGACTAGCCGCTCTAGGAG ACACAGCTTG AGACCTTCGT CGTAACCGTT TCGGAAATGT TGGTGGGAGTTTCCTCGCGT CTCTGATCGG CGAGATCCTC TGTGTCGAAC           E---------------------   D  F  G   S  V  G  G • ---------------------GGACTTTGGA TCAGTTGGAG CCTGAAACCT AGTCAACCTC                                                 E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  V  F  T   S  V  G   K  A  V  H   Q  V  F   G  G  A   F  R  S  L   F  G  G   M  S  W----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3701 GGGTGTTCAC CTCAGTTGGG AAGGCTGTCC ATCAAGTGTT CGGAGGAGCA TTCCGCTCACTGTTCGGAGG CATGTCCTGG CCCACAAGTG GAGTCAACCC TTCCGACAGG TAGTTCACAAGCCTCCTCGT AAGGCGAGTG ACAAGCCTCC GTACAGGACC           E---------------------  I  T  Q  G   L  L  G • ---------------------ATAACGCAAG GATTGCTGGG TATTGCGTTC CTAACGACCC                                                 E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• A  L  L   L  W  M  G   I  N  A   R  D  R   S  I  A  L   T  F  L   A  V  G   G  V  L  L----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3801 GGCTCTCCTG TTGTGGATGG GCATCAATGC TCGTGACAGG TCCATAGCTC TCACGTTTCTCGCAGTTGGA GGAGTTCTGC CCGAGAGGAC AACACCTACC CGTAGTTACG AGCACTGTCCAGGTATCGAG AGTGCAAAGA GCGTCAACCT CCTCAAGACG           E---------------------    F  L  S   V  N  V ---------------------TCTTCCTCTC CGTGAACGTG AGAAGGAGAG GCACTTGCAC   E ------                                                   NS1      ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- H  A  D  T   G  C  A   I  D  I   S  R  Q  E   L  R  C   G  S  G   V  F  I  H   N  D  V----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3901 CACGCTGACA CTGGGTGTGC CATAGACATC AGCCGGCAAG AGCTGAGATG TGGAAGTGGAGTGTTCATAC ACAATGATGT GTGCGACTGT GACCCACACG GTATCTGTAG TCCCCCGTTCTCGACTCTAC ACCTTCACCT CACAAGTATG TGTTACTACA         NS1---------------------   E  A  W   M  D  R  Y • ---------------------GGAGGCTTGG ATGGACCGGT CCTCCGAACC TACCTGGCCA WN (ΔprME)-Rabies G PIVsequence (partial)                                              5′ UTR----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 AGTAGTTCGC CTGTGTGAGC TGACAAACTT AGTAGTGTTT GTGAGGATTA ACAACAATTAACACAGTGCG AGCTGTTTCT TCATCAAGCG GACACACTCG ACTGTTTGAA TCATCACAAACACTCCTAAT TGTTGTTAAT TGTGTCACGC TCGACAAAGA                  C protein                 ----       5′ UTR -----------------                  M  S•                  ---- TAGCACGAAG ATCTCGATGTATCGTGCTTC TAGAGCTACA                                              Cprotein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  K  K  P   G  G  P   G  K  S  R   A  V  Y   L  L  K   R  G  M  P   R  V  L   S  L  I----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------101 CTAAGAAACC AGGAGGGCCC GGCAAGAGCC GGGCTGTCTA TTTGCTAAAA CGCGGAATGCCCCGCGTGTT GTCCTTGATT GATTCTTTGG TCCTCCCGGG CCGTTCTCGG CCCGACAGATAAACGATTTT GCGCCTTACG GGGCGCACAA CAGGAACTAA     C protein---------------------  G  L  K  R   A  M  L • ---------------------GGACTTAAGA GGGCTATGTT CCTGAATTCT CCCGATACAA                                             C protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• S  L  I   D  G  K  G   P  I  R   F  V  L   A  L  L  A   F  F  R   F  T  A   I  A  P  T----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------201 GAGCCTGATC GACGGCAAGG GGCCAATACG ATTTGTGTTG GCTCTCTTGG CGTTCTTCAGGTTCACAGCA ATTGCTCCGA CTCGGACTAG CTGCCGTTCC CCGGTTATGC TAAACACAACCGAGAGAACC GCAAGAAGTC CAAGTGTCGT TAACGAGGCT     C protein---------------------    R  A  V   L  D  R ---------------------CCCGAGCAGT GCTGGATCGA GGGCTCGTCA CGACCTAGCT                                             C protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W  R  G  V   N  K  Q   T  A  M   K  H  L  L   S  F  K   K  E  L   G  T  L  T   S  A  I----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------301 TGGAGAGGTG TGAACAAACA AACAGCGATG AAACACCTTC TGAGTTTCAA GAAGGAACTAGGGACCTTGA CCAGTGCTAT ACCTCTCCAC ACTTGTTTGT TTGTCGCTAC TTTGTGGAAGACTCAAAGTT CTTCCTTGAT CCCTGGAACT GGTCACGATA     C protein---------------------   N  R  R   S  S  K  Q • ---------------------CAATCGGCGG AGCTCAAAGC GTTAGCCGCC TCGAGTTTCG                                                            Rabies-Gsignal                                         ----------------------------------------------- C protein        partial C signal protein ----------------------------------------•  K  K  R   G  G  K   T  G  I  A   V  I  V   P  Q  A   L  L  F  V   P  L  L   V  F  P----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------401 AAAAGAAGCG AGGGGGCAAG ACTGGTATAG CTGTGATCGT TCCTCAGGCT CTTTTGTTTGTACCCTTGCT GGTATTTCCC TTTTCTTCGC TCCCCCGTTC TGACCATATC GACACTAGCAAGGAGTCCGA GAAAACAAAC ATGGGAACGA CCATAAAGGG    Rabies-G    signal-------------              RAbies-G              -------- L  C  F  G   K  F  P• --------------------- CTTTGCTTTG GTAAATTTCCGAAACGAAAC CATTTAAAGG                                           RAbies-Gprotein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• I  Y  T   I  P  D  K   L  G  P   W  S  P   I  D  I  H   H  L  S   C  P  N   N  L  V  V----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------501 TATCTATACC ATCCCTGATA AGCTCGGGCC TTGGAGTCCC ATTGATATTC ACCATTTGAGCTGCCCAAAC AACCTCGTCG ATAGATATGG TAGGGACTAT TCGAGCCCGG AACCTCAGGGTAACTATAAG TGGTAAACTC GACGGGTTTG TTGGAGCAGC    RAbies-G protein---------------------    E  D  E  G  C  T ---------------------TTGAGGATGA AGGGTGCACT AACTCCTACT TCCCACGTGA                                          Rabies-G protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N  L  S  G   F  S  Y   M  E  L   K  V  G  Y   I  S  A   I  K  M   N  G  F  T   C  T  G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------601 AATCTTTCTG GATTTTCCTA CATGGAGTTG AAAGTGGGCT ATATTTCAGC CATTAAGATGAACGGCTTTA CTTGTACAGG TTAGAAAGAC CTAAAAGGAT GTACCTCAAC TTTCACCCGATATAAAGTCG GTAATTCTAC TTGCCGAAAT GAACATGTCC    RAbies-G protein---------------------   V  V  T   E  A  E  T • ---------------------AGTCGTGACC GAAGCCGAGA TCAGCACTGG CTTCGGCTCT                                          Rabies-G protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  Y  T  N   F  V  G   Y  V  T  T   T  F  K   R  K  H   F  R  P  T   P  D  A   C  R  A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------701 CATATACAAA TTTCGTGGGA TACGTCACCA CCACCTTCAA GAGAAAACAC TTCCGCCCAACGCCTGACGC TTGTCGGGCC GTATATGTTT AAAGCACCCT ATGCAGTGGT GGTGGAAGTTCTCTTTTGTG AAGGCGGGTT GCGGACTGCG AACAGCCCGG    RAbies-G protein---------------------  A  Y  N  W   K  M  A • ---------------------GCTTACAACT GGAAGATGGC CGAATGTTGA CCTTCTACCG                                          Rabies-G protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• G  D  P   R  Y  E  E   S  L  H   N  P  Y   P  D  Y  H   W  L  R   T  V  K   T  T  K  E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------801 AGGAGATCCT CGATATGAAG AATCTCTGCA CAACCCGTAT CCTGATTACC ATTGGCTGCGGACAGTCAAG ACTACCAAGG TCCTCTAGGA GCTATACTTC TTAGAGACGT GTTGGGCATAGGACTAATGG TAACCGACGC CTGTCAGTTC TGATGGTTCC    RAbies-G protein---------------------    S  L  V   I  I  S ---------------------AGAGTCTGGT CATTATATCA TCTCAGACCA GTAATATAGT                                          Rabies-G protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- P  S  V  A   D  L  D   P  Y  D   R  S  L  H   S  R  V   F  P  G   G  N  C  S   G  V  A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------901 CCAAGCGTGG CCGATCTTGA TCCTTATGAT AGATCCCTGC ACAGTAGGGT TTTTCCTGGCGGGAATTGTA GCGGTGTTGC GGTTCGCACC GGCTAGAACT AGGAATACTA TCTAGGGACGTGTCATCCCA AAAAGGACCG CCCTTAACAT CGCCACAACG    RAbies-G protein---------------------   V  S  S   T  Y  C  S • ---------------------AGTATCAAGT ACCTACTGCT TCATAGTTCA TGGATGACGA                                          Rabies-G protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  T  N  H   D  Y  T   I  W  M  P   E  N  P   R  L  G   M  S  C  D   I  F  T   N  S  R----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1001 CCACTAACCA CGACTACACT ATATGGATGC CTGAGAACCC TCGACTCGGT ATGAGTTGCGACATTTTTAC GAACTCACGG GGTGATTGGT GCTGATGTGA TATACCTACG GACTCTTGGGAGCTGAGCCA TACTCAACGC TGTAAAAATG CTTGAGTGCC    RAbies-G protein---------------------  G  K  R  A   S  K  G • ---------------------GGCAAGCGGG CATCTAAGGG CCGTTCGCCC GTAGATTCCC                                          Rabies-G protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• S  E  T   C  G  F  V   D  E  R   G  L  Y   K  S  L  K   G  A  C   K  L  K   L  C  G  V----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1101 GTCTGAAACA TGCGGGTTTG TTGATGAGCG GGGGTTGTAT AAATCTCTTA AAGGCGCCTGTAAGCTGAAA CTCTGTGGCG CAGACTTTGT ACGCCCAAAC AACTACTCGC CCCCAACATATTTAGAGAAT TTCCGCGGAC ATTCGACTTT GAGACACCGC    RAbies-G protein---------------------    L  G  L   R  L  M ---------------------TACTGGGGCT GCGCCTGATG ATGACCCCGA CGCGGACTAC                                          Rabies-G protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D  G  T  W   V  A  M   Q  T  S   N  E  T  K   W  C  P   P  G  Q   L  V  N  L   H  D  F----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1201 GACGGCACAT GGGTGGCTAT GCAGACAAGC AATGAAACAA AGTGGTGTCC CCCTGGTCAGCTGGTTAATC TGCACGACTT CTGCCGTGTA CCCACCGATA CGTCTGTTCG TTACTTTGTTTCACCACAGG GGGACCAGTC GACCAATTAG ACGTGCTGAA    RAbies-G protein---------------------   R  S  D   E  I  E  H • ---------------------TAGGTCTGAC GAAATCGAGC ATCCAGACTG CTTTAGCTCG                                          Rabies-G protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  L  V  V   E  E  L   V  K  K  R   E  E  C   L  D  A   L  E  S  I   M  T  T   K  S  V----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1301 ACCTTGTGGT GGAGGAACTG GTGAAGAAAC GCGAAGAGTG CCTGGACGCA CTTGAGAGTATTATGACCAC CAAATCCGTT TGGAACACCA CCTCCTTGAC CACTTCTTTG CGCTTCTCACGGACCTGCGT GAACTCTCAT AATACTGGTG GTTTAGGCAA    RAbies-G protein---------------------  S  F  R  R   L  S  H • ---------------------TCCTTCAGAA GACTGAGCCA AGGAAGTCTT CTGACTCGGT                                          Rabies-G protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• L  R  K   L  V  P  G   F  G  K   A  Y  T   I  F  N  K   T  L  M   E  A  D   A  H  Y  K----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1401 CCTGCGAAAG CTGGTGCCAG GGTTCGGGAA GGCTTATACT ATTTTCAACA AGACTCTTATGGAGGCGGAT GCCCATTATA GGACGCTTTC GACCACGGTC CCAAGCCCTT CCGAATATGATAAAAGTTGT TCTGAGAATA CCTCCGCCTA CGGGTAATAT    RAbies-G protein---------------------    S  V  R   T  W  N ---------------------AGTCAGTTAG GACTTGGAAT TCAGTCAATC CTGAACCTTA                                          Rabies-G protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E  I  I  P   S  K  G   C  L  R   V  G  G  R   C  H  P   H  V  N   G  V  F  F   N  G  I----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1501 GAGATAATTC CCTCCAAAGG ATGTCTGAGA GTCGGTGGGA GATGCCACCC CCATGTCAATGGGGTGTTCT TTAACGGAAT CTCTATTAAG GGAGGTTTCC TACAGACTCT CAGCCACCCTCTACGGTGGG GGTACAGTTA CCCCACAAGA AATTGCCTTA    RAbies-G protein---------------------   I  L  G   P  D  G  N • ---------------------CATCCTGGGA CCTGACGGGA GTAGGACCCT GGACTGCCCT                                          Rabies-G protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  V  L  I   P  E  M   Q  S  S  L   L  Q  Q   H  M  E   L  L  V  S   S  V  I   P  L  M----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1601 ACGTGCTGAT TCCCGAGATG CAATCTTCCC TTCTGCAGCA ACACATGGAA CTCCTGGTGTCTTCAGTGAT ACCCCTGATG TGCACGACTA AGGGCTCTAC GTTAGAAGGG AAGACGTCGTTGTGTACCTT GAGGACCACA GAAGTCACTA TGGGGACTAC    RAbies-G protein---------------------  H  P  L  A   D  P  S • ---------------------CACCCACTGG CCGACCCCAG GTGGGTGACC GGCTGGGGTC                                          Rabies-G protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• T  V  F   K  N  G  D   E  A  E   D  F  V   E  V  H  L   P  D  V   H  E  R   I  S  G  V----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1701 CACTGTGTTC AAAAATGGCG ATGAGGCCGA AGACTTTGTG GAAGTTCACC TGCCCGATGTACACGAAAGG ATATCTGGAG GTGACACAAG TTTTTACCGC TACTCCGGCT TCTGAAACACCTTCAAGTGG ACGGGCTACA TGTGCTTTCC TATAGACCTC    RAbies-G protein---------------------    D  L  G   L  P  N ---------------------TAGACCTGGG CCTTCCTAAT ATCTGGACCC GGAAGGATTA                                          Rabies-G protein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W  G  K  Y   V  L  L   S  A  G   A  L  T  A   L  M  L   I  I  F   L  M  T  C   W  R  R----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1801 TGGGGTAAGT ACGTGCTCCT GAGTGCGGGT GCCTTGACCG CTTTGATGCT GATCATTTTTCTGATGACCT GCTGGCGGAG ACCCCATTCA TGCACGAGGA CTCACGCCCA CGGAACTGGCGAAACTACGA CTAGTAAAAA GACTACTGGA CGACCGCCTC    RAbies-G protein---------------------   V  N  R   S  E  P  T • ---------------------GGTGAATCGC TCCGAGCCGA CCACTTAGCG AGGCTCGGCT                                          Rabies-G protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  Q  H  N   L  R  G   T  G  R  E   V  S  V   T  P  Q   S  G  K  I   I  S  S   W  E  S----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1901 CACAGCACAA TCTCAGAGGG ACAGGCCGGG AAGTAAGTGT GACTCCGCAA TCTGGCAAGATTATTAGTAG TTGGGAGAGT GTGTCGTGTT AGAGTCTCCC TGTCCGGCCC TTCATTCACACTGAGGCGTT AGACCGTTCT AATAATCATC AACCCTCTCA    RAbies-G protein---------------------  Y  K  S  G   G  E  T • ---------------------TACAAGTCTG GAGGAGAGAC ATGTTCAGAC CTCCTCTCTG                             FMDV2A                                         NS1 signal       ---------------------------------------------------------          ---------------RAbies-G protein                                                preNS1signal-------                                                         ----------• G  L  N   F  D  L  L   K  L  A   G  D  V   E  S  N  P   G  P  A   R  D  R   S  I  A  L----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2001 TGGGTTGAAT TTTGATCTGC TCAAACTTGC AGGCGATGTA GAATCAAATC CTGGACCCGCCCGGGACAGG TCCATAGCTC ACCCAACTTA AAACTAGACG AGTTTGAACG TCCGCTACATCTTAGTTTAG GACCTGGGCG GGCCCTGTCC AGGTATCGAG    NS1 signal---------------------    T  F  L   A  V  G ---------------------TCACGTTTCT CGCAGTTGGA AGTGCAAAGA GCGTCAACCT                                                             NS1                                       -------------------------------------------------             NS1 signal --------------------------------------- G  V  L  L   F  L  S   V  N  V   H  A  D  T   G  C  A   I  D  I   S  R  Q  E   L  R  C----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2101 GGAGTTCTGC TCTTCCTCTC CGTGAACGTG CACGCTGACA CTGGGTGTGC CATAGACATCAGCCGGCAAG AGCTGAGATG CCTCAAGACG AGAAGGAGAG GCACTTGCAC GTGCGACTGTGACCCACACG GTATCTGTAG TCGGCCGTTC TCGACTCTAC      NS1---------------------   G  S  G   V  F  I  H • ---------------------TGGAAGTGGA GTGTTCATAC ACCTTCACCT CACAAGTATG PIV-WNV helper ΔNS1                                             5′ UTR----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 AGTAGTTCGC CTGTGTGAGC TGACAAACTT AGTAGTGTTT GTGAGGATTA ACAACAATTAACACAGTGCG AGCTGTTTCT TCATCAAGCG GACACACTCG ACTGTTTGAA TCATCACAAACACTCCTAAT TGTTGTTAAT TGTGTCACGC TCGACAAAGA                   C                 ----      5′ UTR -----------------                  M  S • TAGCACGAAG ATCTCGATGT ATCGTGCTTC TAGAGCTACA                                                 C----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  K  K  P   G  G  P   G  K  S  R   A  V  N   M  L  K   R  G  M  P   R  V  L   S  L  I101 CTAAGAAACC AGGAGGGCCC GGCAAGAGCC GGGCTGTCAA TATGCTAAAA CGCGGAATGCCCCGCGTGTT GTCCTTGATT GATTCTTTGG TCCTCCCGGG CCGTTCTCGG CCCGACAGTTATACGATTTT GCGCCTTACG GGGCGCACAA CAGGAACTAA           C---------------------  G  L  K  R   A  M  L • GGACTTAAGA GGGCTATGTTCCTGAATTCT CCCGATACAA                                                  C----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• S  L  I   D  G  K  G   P  I  R   F  V  L   A  L  L  A   F  F  R   F  T  A   I  A  P  T201 GAGCCTGATC GACGGCAAGG GGCCAATACG ATTTGTGTTG GCTCTCTTGG CGTTCTTCAGGTTCACAGCA ATTGCTCCGA CTCGGACTAG CTGCCGTTCC CCGGTTATGC TAAACACAACCGAGAGAACC GCAAGAAGTC CAAGTGTCGT TAACGAGGCT           C---------------------    R  A  V   L  D  R CCCGAGCAGT GCTGGATCGAGGGCTCGTCA CGACCTAGCT                                                  C---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W  R  G  V   N  K  Q   T  A  M   K  H  L  L   S  F  K   K  E  L   G  T  L  T   S  A  I301 TGGAGAGGTG TGAACAAACA AACAGCGATG AAACACCTTC TGAGTTTCAA GAAGGAACTAGGGACCTTGA CCAGTGCTAT ACCTCTCCAC ACTTGTTTGT TTGTCGCTAC TTTGTGGAAGACTCAAAGTT CTTCCTTGAT CCCTGGAACT GGTCACGATA           C---------------------   N  R  R   S  S  K  Q • CAATCGGCGG AGCTCAAAACGTTAGCCGCC TCGAGTTTTG                                   Signal peptide            -----------------------------------------------------------     C                                                                          prM------------                                                           ----------------•  K  K  R   G  G  K   T  G  I  A   V  M  I   G  L  I   A  S  V  G   A  V  T   L  S  N401 AAAAGAAAAG AGGAGGAAAG ACCGGAATTG CAGTCATGAT TGGCCTGATC GCCAGCGTAGGAGCAGTTAC CCTCTCTAAC TTTTCTTTTC TCCTCCTTTC TGGCCTTAAC GTCAGTACTAACCGGACTAG CGGTCGCATC CTCGTCAATG GGAGAGATTG         prM---------------------  F  Q  G  K   V  M  M • TTCCAAGGGA AGGTGATGATAAGGTTCCCT TCCACTACTA                                                prM----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• T  V  N   A  T  D  V   T  D  V   I  T  I   P  T  A  A   G  K  N   L  C  I   V  R  A  M501 GACGGTAAAT GCTACTGACG TCACAGATGT CATCACGATT CCAACAGCTG CTGGAAAGAACCTATGCATT GTCAGAGCAA CTGCCATTTA CGATGACTGC AGTGTCTACA GTAGTGCTAAGGTTGTCGAC GACCTTTCTT GGATACGTAA CAGTCTCGTT         prM---------------------    D  V  G   Y  M  C TGGATGTGGG ATACATGTGCACCTACACCC TATGTACACG                                                prM---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D  D  T  I   T  Y  E   C  P  V   L  S  A  G   N  D  P   E  D  I   D  C  W  C   T  K  S601 GATGATACTA TCACTTATGA ATGCCCAGTG CTGTCGGCTG GTAATGATCC AGAAGACATCGACTGTTGGT GCACAAAGTC CTACTATGAT AGTGAATACT TACGGGTCAC GACAGCCGACCATTACTAGG TCTTCTGTAG CTGACAACCA CGTGTTTCAG         prM---------------------   A  V  Y   V  R  Y  G • AGCAGTCTAC GTCAGGTATGTCGTCAGATG CAGTCCATAC                                                prM----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  R  C  T   K  T  R   H  S  R  R   S  R  R   S  L  T   V  Q  T  H   G  E  S   T  L  A701 GAAGATGCAC CAAGACACGC CACTCAAGAC GCAGTCGGAG GTCACTGACA GTGCAGACACACGGAGAAAG CACTCTAGCG CTTCTACGTG GTTCTGTGCG GTGAGTTCTG CGTCAGCCTCCAGTGACTGT CACGTCTGTG TGCCTCTTTC GTGAGATCGC         prM---------------------  N  K  K  G   A  W  M • AACAAGAAGG GGGCTTGGATTTGTTCTTCC CCCGAACCTA                                                prM----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• D  S  T   K  A  T  R   Y  L  V   K  T  E   S  W  I  L   R  N  P   G  Y  A   L  V  A  A801 GGACAGCACC AAGGCCACAA GGTATTTGGT AAAAACAGAA TCATGGATCT TGAGGAACCCTGGATATGCC CTGGTGGCAG CCTGTCGTGG TTCCGGTGTT CCATAAACCA TTTTTGTCTTAGTACCTAGA ACTCCTTGGG ACCTATACGG GACCACCGTC         prM---------------------    V  I  G   W  M  L CCGTCATTGG TTGGATGCTTGGCAGTAACC AACCTACGAA                                                                               E                                                                        ----------------                               prM------------------------------------------------------------------------ G  S  N  T   M  Q  R   V  V  F   V  V  L  L   L  L  V   A  P  A   Y  S  F  N   C  L  G901 GGGAGCAACA CCATGCAGAG AGTTGTGTTT GTCGTGCTAT TGCTTTTGGT GGCCCCAGCTTACAGCTTTA ACTGCCTTGG CCCTCGTTGT GGTACGTCTC TCAACACAAA CAGCACGATAACGAAAACCA CCGGGGTCGA ATGTCGAAAT TGACGGAACC           E---------------------   M  S  N   R  D  F  L • AATGAGCAAC AGAGACTTCTTTACTCGTTG TCTCTGAAGA                                                  E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  E  G  V   S  G  A   T  W  V  D   L  V  L   E  G  D   S  C  V  T   I  M  S   K  D  K1001 TGGAAGGAGT GTCTGGAGCA ACATGGGTGG ATTTGGTTCT CGAAGGCGAC AGCTGCGTGACTATCATGTC TAAGGACAAG ACCTTCCTCA CAGACCTCGT TGTACCCACC TAAACCAAGAGCTTCCGCTG TCGACGCACT GATAGTACAG ATTCCTGTTC           E---------------------  P  T  I  D   V  K  M • CCTACCATCG ATGTGAAGATGGATGGTAGC TACACTTCTA                                                  E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• M  N  M   E  A  A  N   L  A  E   V  R  S   Y  C  Y  L   A  T  V   S  D  L   S  T  K  A1101 GATGAATATG GAGGCGGCCA ACCTGGCAGA GGTCCGCAGT TATTGCTATT TGGCTACCGTCAGCGATCTC TCCACCAAAG CTACTTATAC CTCCGCCGGT TGGACCGTCT CCAGGCGTCAATAACGATAA ACCGATGGCA GTCGCTAGAG AGGTGGTTTC           E---------------------    A  C  P   A  M  G CTGCGTGCCC GGCCATGGGAGACGCACGGG CCGGTACCCT                                                  E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E  A  H  N   D  K  R   A  D  P   A  F  V  C   R  Q  G   V  V  D   R  G  W  G   N  G  C1201 GAAGCTCACA ATGACAAACG TGCTGACCCA GCTTTTGTGT GCAGACAAGG AGTGGTGGACAGGGGCTGGG GCAACGGCTG CTTCGAGTGT TACTGTTTGC ACGACTGGGT CGAAAACACACGTCTGTTCC TCACCACCTG TCCCCGACCC CGTTGCCGAC           E---------------------   G  L  F   G  K  G  S • CGGACTATTT GGCAAAGGAAGCCTGATAAA CCGTTTCCTT                                                  E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  I  D  T   C  A  K   F  A  C  S   T  K  A   I  G  R   T  I  L  K   E  N  I   K  Y  E1301 GCATTGACAC ATGCGCCAAA TTTGCCTGCT CTACCAAGGC AATAGGAAGA ACCATTTTGAAAGAGAATAT CAAGTACGAA CGTAACTGTG TACGCGGTTT AAACGGACGA GATGGTTCCGTTATCCTTCT TGGTAAAACT TTCTCTTATA GTTCATGCTT           E---------------------  V  A  I  F   V  H  G • GTGGCCATTT TTGTCCATGGCACCGGTAAA AACAGGTACC                                                  E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• P  T  T   V  E  S  H   G  N  Y   S  T  Q   V  G  A  T   Q  A  G   R  F  S   I  T  P  A1401 ACCAACTACT GTGGAGTCGC ACGGAAACTA CTCCACACAG GTTGGAGCCA CTCAGGCAGGGAGATTCAGC ATCACTCCTG TGGTTGATGA CACCTCAGCG TGCCTTTGAT GAGGTGTGTCCAACCTCGGT GAGTCCGTCC CTCTAAGTCG TAGTGAGGAC           E---------------------    A  P  S   Y  T  L CGGCGCCTTC ATACACACTAGCCGCGGAAG TATGTGTGAT                                                  E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- K  L  G  E   Y  G  E   V  T  V   D  C  E  P   R  S  G   I  D  T   N  A  Y  Y   V  M  T1501 AAGCTTGGAG AATATGGAGA GGTGACAGTG GACTGTGAAC CACGGTCAGG GATTGACACCAATGCATACT ACGTGATGAC TTCGAACCTC TTATACCTCT CCACTGTCAC CTGACACTTGGTGCCAGTCC CTAACTGTGG TTACGTATGA TGCACTACTG           E---------------------   V  G  T   K  T  F  L • TGTTGGAACA AAGACGTTCTACAACCTTGT TTCTGCAAGA                                                  E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  V  H  R   E  W  F   M  D  L  N   L  P  W   S  S  A   G  S  T  V   W  R  N   R  E  T1601 TGGTCCATCG TGAGTGGTTC ATGGACCTCA ACCTCCCTTG GAGCAGTGCT GGAAGTACTGTGTGGAGGAA CAGAGAGACG ACCAGGTAGC ACTCACCAAG TACCTGGAGT TGGAGGGAACCTCGTCACGA CCTTCATGAC ACACCTCCTT GTCTCTCTGC           E---------------------  L  M  E  F   E  E  P • TTAATGGAGT TTGAGGAACCAATTACCTCA AACTCCTTGG                                                  E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• H  A  T   K  Q  S  V   I  A  L   G  S  Q   E  G  A  L   H  Q  A   L  A  G   A  I  P  V1701 ACACGCCACG AAGCAGTCTG TGATAGCATT GGGCTCACAA GAGGGAGCTC TGCATCAAGCTTTGGCTGGA GCCATTCCTG TGTGCGGTGC TTCGTCAGAC ACTATCGTAA CCCGAGTGTTCTCCCTCGAG ACGTAGTTCG AAACCGACCT CGGTAAGGAC           E---------------------    E  F  S   S  N  T TGGAATTTTC AAGCAACACTACCTTAAAAG TTCGTTGTGA                                                  E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- V  K  L  T   S  G  H   L  K  C   R  V  K  M   E  K  L   Q  L  K   G  T  T  Y   G  V  C1801 GTCAAGTTGA CGTCGGGTCA TTTGAAGTGT AGAGTGAAGA TGGAAAAATT GCAGTTGAAGGGAACAACCT ATGGCGTCTG CAGTTCAACT GCAGCCCAGT AAACTTCACA TCTCACTTCTACCTTTTTAA CGTCAACTTC CCTTGTTGGA TACCGCAGAC           E---------------------   S  K  A   F  K  F  L • TTCAAAGGCT TTCAAGTTTCAAGTTTCCGA AAGTTCAAAG                                                  E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  G  T  P   A  D  T   G  H  G  T   V  V  L   E  L  Q   Y  T  G  T   D  G  P   C  K  V1901 TTGGGACTCC CGCAGACACA GGTCACGGCA CTGTGGTGTT GGAATTGCAG TACACTGGCACGGATGGACC TTGCAAAGTT AACCCTGAGG GCGTCTGTGT CCAGTGCCGT GACACCACAACCTTAACGTC ATGTGACCGT GCCTACCTGG AACGTTTCAA           E---------------------  P  I  S  S   V  A  S • CCTATCTCGT CAGTGGCTTCGGATAGAGCA GTCACCGAAG                                                  E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• L  N  D   L  T  P  V   G  R  L   V  T  V   N  P  F  V   S  V  A   T  A  N   A  K  V  L2001 ATTGAACGAC CTAACGCCAG TGGGCAGATT GGTCACTGTC AACCCTTTTG TTTCAGTGGCCACGGCCAAC GCTAAGGTCC TAACTTGCTG GATTGCGGTC ACCCGTCTAA CCAGTGACAGTTGGGAAAAC AAAGTCACCG GTGCCGGTTG CGATTCCAGG           E---------------------    I  E  L   E  P  P TGATTGAATT GGAACCACCCACTAACTTAA CCTTGGTGGG                                                  E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- F  G  D  S   Y  I  V   V  G  R   G  E  Q  Q   I  N  H   H  W  H   K  S  G  S   S  I  G2101 TTTGGAGACT CATACATAGT GGTGGGCAGA GGAGAACAAC AGATCAATCA CCACTGGCACAAGTCTGGAA GCAGCATTGG AAACCTCTGA GTATGTATCA CCACCCGTCT CCTCTTGTTGTCTAGTTAGT GGTGACCGTG TTCAGACCTT CGTCGTAACC           E---------------------   K  A  F   T  T  T  L • CAAAGCCTTT ACAACCACCCGTTTCGGAAA TGTTGGTGGG                                                  E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  K  G  A   Q  R  L   A  A  L  G   D  T  A   W  D  F   G  S  V  G   G  V  F   T  S  V2201 TCAAAGGAGC GCAGAGACTA GCCGCTCTAG GAGACACAGC TTGGGACTTT GGATCAGTTGGAGGGGTGTT CACCTCAGTT AGTTTCCTCG CGTCTCTGAT CGGCGAGATC CTCTGTGTCGAACCCTGAAA CCTAGTCAAC CTCCCCACAA GTGGAGTCAA           E---------------------  G  K  A  V   H  Q  V • GGGAAGGCTG TCCATCAAGTCCCTTCCGAC AGGTAGTTCA                                                  E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• F  G  G   A  F  R  S   L  F  G   G  M  S   W  I  T  Q   G  L  L   G  A  L   L  L  W  M2301 GTTCGGAGGA GCATTCCGCT CACTGTTCGG AGGCATGTCC TGGATAACGC AAGGATTGCTGGGGGCTCTC CTGTTGTGGA CAAGCCTCCT CGTAAGGCGA GTGACAAGCC TCCGTACAGGACCTATTGCG TTCCTAACGA CCCCCGAGAG GACAACACCT           E---------------------    G  I  N   A  R  D TGGGCATCAA TGCTCGTGACACCCGTAGTT ACGAGCACTG                                                                            deletedNS1                                                                           -------------                                  E--------------------------------------------------------------------------- R  S  I  A   L  T  F   L  A  V   G  G  V  L   L  F  L   S  V  N  V  H  A  D   T  G  I2401 AGGTCCATAG CTCTCACGTT TCTCGCAGTT GGAGGAGTTC TGCTCTTCCT CTCCGTGAACGTGCACGCTG ACACTGGGAT TCCAGGTATC GAGAGTGCAA AGAGCGTCAA CCTCCTCAAGACGAGAAGGA GAGGCACTTG CACGTGCGAC TGTGACCCTA     deleted NS1---------------------   H  R  G   P  A  T  R • CCACCGTGGA CCTGCCACTCGGTGGCACCT GGACGGTGAG                                            deleted NS1----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  T  T  T   E  S  G   K  L  I  T   D  W  C   C  R  S   C  T  L  P   P  L  R   Y  Q  T2501 GCACCACCAC AGAGAGCGGA AAGTTGATAA CAGATTGGTG CTGCAGGAGC TGCACCTTACCACCACTGCG CTACCAAACT CGTGGTGGTG TCTCTCGCCT TTCAACTATT GTCTAACCACGACGTCCTCG ACGTGGAATG GTGGTGACGC GATGGTTTGA     deleted NS1---------------------  D  S   G  C   W  Y  G • GACAGCGGCT GTTGGTATGGCTGTCGCCGA CAACCATACC                          deleted NS1-------------------------------------------------------------------                                                                            NS2A                                                                   --------------------• M  E  I   R  P  Q  R   H  D  E   K  T  L   V  Q  S  Q   V  N  A   Y  N  A   D  M  I  D2601 TATGGAGATC AGACCACAGA GACATGATGA AAAGACCCTC GTGCAGTCAC AAGTGAATGCTTATAATGCT GATATGATTG ATACCTCTAG TCTGGTGTCT CTGTACTACT TTTCTGGGAGCACGTCAGTG TTCACTTACG AATATTACGA CTATACTAAC       NS2A---------------------    P  F  Q   L  G  L ACCCTTTTCA GTTGGGCCTTTGGGAAAAGT CAACCCGGAA

SEQUENCE APPENDIX 5 PIV-WNV(ΔprME)/RSV-F                                             5′ UTR----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 AGTAGTTCGC CTGTGTGAGC TGACAAACTT AGTAGTGTTT GTGAGGATTA ACAACAATTAACACAGTGCG AGCTGTTTCT TCATCAAGCG GACACACTCG ACTGTTTGAA TCATCACAAACACTCCTAAT TGTTGTTAAT TGTGTCACGC TCGACAAAGA               C protein                ----       5′ UTR -----------------                  M  S • TAGCACGAAG ATCTCGATGT ATCGTGCTTC TAGAGCTACA                                             C protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  K  K  P   G  G  P   G  K  S  R   A  V  Y   L  L  K   R  G  M  P   R  V  L   S  L  I101 CTAAGAAACC AGGAGGGCCC GGCAAGAGCC GGGCTGTCTA TTTGCTAAAA CGCGGAATGCCCCGCGTGTT GTCCTTGATT GATTCTTTGG TCCTCCCGGG CCGTTCTCGG CCCGACAGATAAACGATTTT GCGCCTTACG GGGCGCACAA CAGGAACTAA      C protein---------------------  G  L  K  R   A  M  L • GGACTTAAGA GGGCTATGTTCCTGAATTCT CCCGATACAA                                              Cprotein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• S  L  I   D  G  K  G   P  I  R   F  V  L   A  L  L  A   F  F  R   F  T  A   I  A  P  T201 GAGCCTGATC GACGGCAAGG GGCCAATACG ATTTGTGTTG GCTCTCTTGG CGTTCTTCAGGTTCACAGCA ATTGCTCCGA CTCGGACTAG CTGCCGTTCC CCGGTTATGC TAAACACAACCGAGAGAACC GCAAGAAGTC CAAGTGTCGT TAACGAGGCT      C protein---------------------    R  A  V   L  D  R CCCGAGCAGT GCTGGATCGAGGGCTCGTCA CGACCTAGCT                                            Cprotein---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W  R  G  V   N  K  Q   T  A  M   K  H  L  L   S  F  K   K  E  L   G  T  L  T   S  A  I301 TGGAGAGGTG TGAACAAACA AACAGCGATG AAACACCTTC TGAGTTTCAA GAAGGAACTAGGGACCTTGA CCAGTGCTAT ACCTCTCCAC ACTTGTTTGT TTGTCGCTAC TTTGTGGAAGACTCAAAGTT CTTCCTTGAT CCCTGGAACT GGTCACGATA                  NS3cleavage                  ----      C protein -----------------  N  R  R   S  S  K  Q • CAATCGGCGG AGCTCAAAGC GTTAGCCGCC TCGAGTTTCG                                          F signal            ----------------------------------------------------------------------------NS3 cleavage ------------•  K  K  R   G  G  E   L  L  I  L   K  A  N   A  I  T   T  I  L  T   A  V  T   F  C  F401 AAAAGAAGCG AGGGGGCGAG TTGCTAATCC TCAAAGCAAA TGCAATTACC ACAATCCTCACTGCAGTCAC ATTTTGTTTT TTTTCTTCGC TCCCCCGCTC AACGATTAGG AGTTTCGTTTACGTTAATGG TGTTAGGAGT GACGTCAGTG TAAAACAAAA            F1---------------------  A  S  G  Q   N  I  T • GCTTCTGGTC AAAACATCACCGAAGACCAG TTTTGTAGTG                                                 F1----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• E  E  F   Y  Q  S  T   C  S  A   V  S  K   G  Y  L  S   A  L  R   T  G  W   Y  T  S  V501 TGAAGAATTT TATCAATCAA CATGCAGTGC AGTTAGCAAA GGCTATCTTA GTGCTCTGAGAACTGGTTGG TATACCAGTG ACTTCTTAAA ATAGTTAGTT GTACGTCACG TCAATCGTTTCCGATAGAAT CACGAGACTC TTGACCAACC ATATGGTCAC           F1---------------------    I  T  I   E  L  S TTATAACTAT AGAATTAAGTAATATTGATA TCTTAATTCA                                                 F1---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N  I  K  E   N  K  C   N  G  T   D  A  K  V   K  L  I   K  Q  E   L  D  K  Y   K  N  A601 AATATCAAGG AAAATAAGTG TAATGGAACA GATGCTAAGG TAAAATTGAT AAAACAAGAATTAGATAAAT ATAAAAATGC TTATAGTTCC TTTTATTCAC ATTACCTTGT CTACGATTCCATTTTAACTA TTTTGTTCTT AATCTATTTA TATTTTTACG           F1---------------------   V  T  E   L  Q  L  L • TGTAACAGAA TTGCAGTTGCACATTGTCTT AACGTCAACG                                                 F1----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  M  Q  S   T  P  P   T  N  N  R   A  R  R   E  L  P   R  F  M  N   Y  T  L   N  N  A701 TCATGCAAAG CACACCACCA ACAAACAATC GAGCCAGAAG AGAACTACCA AGGTTTATGAATTATACACT CAACAATGCC AGTACGTTTC GTGTGGTGGT TGTTTGTTAG CTCGGTCTTCTCTTGATGGT TCCAAATACT TAATATGTGA GTTGTTACGG           F1---------------------  K  K  T  N   V  T  L • AAAAAAACCA ATGTAACATTTTTTTTTGGT TACATTGTAA           F1 ------------------------                                                              F2                        ----------------------------------------------------------------• S  K  K   R  K  R  R   F  L  G   F  L  L   G  V  G  S   A  I  A   S  G  V   A  V  S  K801 AAGCAAGAAA AGGAAAAGAA GATTTCTTGG TTTTTTGTTA GGTGTTGGAT CTGCAATCGCCAGTGGCGTT GCTGTATCTA TTCGTTCTTT TCCTTTTCTT CTAAAGAACC AAAAAACAATCCACAACCTA GACGTTAGCG GTCACCGCAA CGACATAGAT           F2---------------------    V  L  H   L  E  G AGGTCCTGCA CCTAGAAGGGTCCAGGACGT GGATCTTCCC                                                 F2---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E  V  N  K   I  K  S   A  L  L   S  T  N  K   A  V  V   S  L  S   N  G  V  S   V  L  T901 GAAGTGAACA AGATCAAAAG TGCTCTACTA TCCACAAACA AGGCTGTAGT CAGCTTATCAAATGGAGTTA GTGTCTTAAC CTTCACTTGT TCTAGTTTTC ACGAGATGAT AGGTGTTTGTTCCGACATCA GTCGAATAGT TTACCTCAAT CACAGAATTG           F2---------------------   S  K  V   L  D  L  K • CAGCAAAGTG TTAGACCTCAGTCGTTTCAC AATCTGGAGT                                                 F2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  N  Y  I   D  K  Q   L  L  P  I   V  N  K   Q  S  C   S  I  S  N   I  E  T  V  I  E1001 AAAACTATAT AGATAAACAA TTGTTACCTA TTGTGAACAA GCAAAGCTGC AGCATATCAAATATAGAAAC TGTGATAGAG TTTTGATATA TCTATTTGTT AACAATGGAT AACACTTGTTCGTTTCGACG TCGTATAGTT TATATCTTTG ACACTATCTC           F2---------------------  F  Q  Q  K   N  N  R • TTCCAACAAA AGAACAACAGAAGGTTGTTT TCTTGTTGTC                                                 F2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• L  L  E   I  T  R  E   F  S  V   N  A  G   V  T  T  P   V  S  T   Y  M  L   T  N  S  E1101 ACTACTAGAG ATTACCAGGG AATTTAGTGT TAATGCAGGT GTAACTACAC CTGTAAGCACTTACATGTTA ACTAATAGTG TGATGATCTC TAATGGTCCC TTAAATCACA ATTACGTCCACATTGATGTG GACATTCGTG AATGTACAAT TGATTATCAC           F2---------------------    L  L  S   L  I  N AATTATTGTC ATTAATCAATTTAATAACAG TAATTAGTTA                                                 F2---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D  M  P  I   T  N  D   Q  K  K   L  M  S  N   N  V  Q   I  V  R   Q  Q  S  Y   S  I  M1201 GATATGCCTA TAACAAATGA TCAGAAAAAG TTAATGTCCA ACAATGTTCA AATAGTTAGACAGCAAAGTT ACTCTATCAT CTATACGGAT ATTGTTTACT AGTCTTTTTC AATTACAGGTTGTTACAAGT TTATCAATCT GTCGTTTCAA TGAGATAGTA           F2---------------------   S  I  I   K  E  E  V • GTCCATAATA AAAGAGGAAGCAGGTATTAT TTTCTCCTTC                                                 F2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  L  A  Y   V  V  Q   L  P  L  Y   G  V  I   D  T  P   C  W  K  L   H  T  S   P  L  C1301 TCTTAGCATA TGTAGTACAA TTACCACTAT ATGGTGTTAT AGATACACCC TGTTGGAAACTACACACATC CCCTCTATGT AGAATCGTAT ACATCATGTT AATGGTGATA TACCACAATATCTATGTGGG ACAACCTTTG ATGTGTGTAG GGGAGATACA           F2---------------------  T  T  N  T   K  E  G • ACAACCAACA CAAAAGAAGGTGTTGGTTGT GTTTTCTTCC                                                 F2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• S  N  I   C  L  T  R   T  D  R   G  W  Y   C  D  N  A   G  S  V   S  F  F   P  Q  A  E1401 GTCCAACATC TGTTTAACAA GAACTGACAG AGGATGGTAC TGTGACAATG CAGGATCAGTATCTTTCTTC CCACAAGCTG CAGGTTGTAG ACAAATTGTT CTTGACTGTC TCCTACCATGACACTGTTAC GTCCTAGTCA TAGAAAGAAG GGTGTTCGAC           F2---------------------    T  C  K   V  Q  S AAACATGTAA AGTTCAATCATTTGTACATT TCAAGTTAGT                                                 F2---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N  R  V  F   C  D  T   M  N  S   L  T  L  P   S  E  I   N  L  C   N  V  D  I   F  N  P1501 AATCGAGTAT TTTGTGACAC AATGAACAGT TTAACATTAC CAAGTGAAAT AAATCTCTGCAATGTTGACA TATTCAACCC TTAGCTCATA AAACACTGTG TTACTTGTCA AATTGTAATGGTTCACTTTA TTTAGAGACG TTACAACTGT ATAAGTTGGG           F2---------------------   K  Y  D   C  K  I  M • CAAATATGAT TGTAAAATTAGTTTATACTA ACATTTTAAT                                                 F2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  T  S  K   T  D  V   S  S  S  V   I  T  S   L  G  A   I  V  S  C   Y  G  K   T  K  C1601 TGACTTCAAA AACAGATGTA AGCAGCTCCG TTATCACATC TCTAGGAGCC ATTGTGTCATGCTATGGCAA AACTAAATGT ACTGAAGTTT TTGTCTACAT TCGTCGAGGC AATAGTGTAGAGATCCTCGG TAACACAGTA CGATACCGTT TTGATTTACA           F2---------------------  T  A  S  N   K  N  R • ACAGCATCCA ATAAAAATCGTGTCGTAGGT TATTTTTAGC                                                 F2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• G  I  I   K  T  F  S   N  G  C   D  Y  V   S  N  K  G   M  D  T   V  S  V   G  N  T  L1701 TGGAATCATA AAGACATTTT CTAACGGGTG CGATTATGTA TCAAATAAAG GGATGGACACTGTGTCTGTA GGTAACACAT ACCTTAGTAT TTCTGTAAAA GATTGCCCAC GCTAATACATAGTTTATTTC CCTACCTGTG ACACAGACAT CCATTGTGTA           F2---------------------    Y  Y  V   N  K  Q TATATTATGT AAATAAGCAAATATAATACA TTTATTCGTT                                                 F2---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E  G  K  S   L  Y  V   K  G  E   P  I  I  N   F  Y  D   P  L  V   F  P  S  D   E  F  D1801 GAAGGTAAAA GTCTCTATGT AAAAGGTGAA CCAATAATAA ATTTCTATGA CCCATTAGTATTCCCCTCTG ATGAATTTGA CTTCCATTTT CAGAGATACA TTTTCCACTT GGTTATTATTTAAAGATACT GGGTAATCAT AAGGGGAGAC TACTTAAACT           F2---------------------   A  S  I   S  Q  V  N • TGCATCAATA TCTCAAGTCAACGTAGTTAT AGAGTTCAGT                                           F2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  E  K  I   N  Q  S   L  A  F  I   R  K  S   D  E  L   L  H  N  V   N  A  G   K  S  T1901 ACGAGAAGAT TAACCAGAGC CTAGCATTTA TTCGTAAATC CGATGAATTA TTACATAATGTAAATGCTGG TAAATCCACC TGCTCTTCTA ATTGGTCTCG GATCGTAAAT AAGCATTTAGGCTACTTAAT AATGTATTAC ATTTACGACC ATTTAGGTGG   F2 ------          TMDomain       ---------------  T  N  I  M   I  T  T • ACAAATATCATGATAACTAC TGTTTATAGT ACTATTGATG                        TM Domain------------------------------------------------------------                                                                  CytoplasmicTail                                                            ----------------------------• I  I  I   V  I  I  V   I  L  L   S  L  I   A  V  G  L   L  L  Y   C  K  A   R  S  T  P2001 TATAATTATA GTGATTATAG TAATATTGTT ATCATTAATT GCTGTTGGAC TGCTCTTATACTGTAAGGCC AGAAGCACAC ATATTAATAT CACTAATATC ATTATAACAA TAGTAATTAACGACAACCTG ACGAGAATAT GACATTCCGG TCTTCGTGTG    Cytoplasmic Tail---------------------    V  T  L   S  K  D CAGTCACACT AAGCAAAGATGTCAGTGTGA TTCGTTTCTA                                                             FMDV 2A                                       -------------------------------------------------domain of WNV E (split)           Cytoplasmic Tail--------------------------------------- Q  L  S  G   I  N  N   I  A  F   S  N  N  F   D  L  L   K  L  A   G  D  V  E   S  N  P2101 CAACTGAGTG GTATAAATAA TATTGCATTT AGTAACAATT TTGATCTGCT CAAACTTGCAGGCGATGTAG AATCAAATCC GTTGACTCAC CATATTTATT ATAACGTAAA TCATTGTTAAAACTAGACGA GTTTGAACGT CCGCTACATC TTAGTTTAGG FMDV 2A -------                 Transmembrane                  ----        pre E/NS1       signal        ----------   G  P  A   R  D  R  S • TGGACCCGCCCGGGACAGGT ACCTGGGCGG GCCCTGTCCA                                                                             NS1                                                                       -----------------              Transmembrane domain of WNV E (split)-----------------------------------------------------------------------•  I  A  L   T  F  L   A  V  G  G   V  L  L   F  L  S   V  N  V  H   A  D  T   G  C  A2201 CCATAGCTCT CACGTTTCTC GCAGTTGGAG GAGTTCTGCT CTTCCTCTCC GTGAACGTGCACGCTGACAC TGGGTGTGCC GGTATCGAGA GTGCAAAGAG CGTCAACCTC CTCAAGACGAGAAGGAGAGG CACTTGCACG TGCGACTGTG ACCCACACGG        NS1-------------------  I  D  I  S   R  Q ATAGACATCA GCCGGCAA TATCTGTAGTCGGCCGTT PIV-WNV(ΔCprME)/RSV-F                                             5′ UTR----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 AGTAGTTCGC CTGTGTGAGC TGACAAACTT AGTAGTGTTT GTGAGGATTA ACAACAATTAACACAGTGCG AGCTGTTTCT TCATCAAGCG GACACACTCG ACTGTTTGAA TCATCACAAACACTCCTAAT TGTTGTTAAT TGTGTCACGC TCGACAAAGA        deleted C protein                 ----       5′ UTR -----------------                  M  S • TAGCACGAAG ATCTCGATGT ATCGTGCTTC TAGAGCTACA                                  deleted C protein----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  K  K  P   G  G  P   G  K  S  R   A  V  N   M  L  K   R  G  M  P   R  V  L   S  L  I101 CTAAGAAACC AGGAGGGCCC GGCAAGAGCC GGGCTGTCAA TATGCTAAAA CGCGGAATGCCCCGCGTGTT GTCCTTGATT GATTCTTTGG TCCTCCCGGG CCGTTCTCGG CCCGACAGTTATACGATTTT GCGCCTTACG GGGCGCACAA CAGGAACTAA deleted C protein ------       NS3 cleavage       ---------------   G  L  K  Q   K  K  R •GGACTTAAGC AAAAGAAGCG CCTGAATTCG TTTTCTTCGC                               F signal ----------------------------------------------------------------------------NS3cleavage                                                                     F1-                                                                            -----------• G  G  E   L  L  I  L   K  A  N   A  I  T   T  I  L  T   A  V  T   F  C  F   A  S  G  Q201 AGGGGGCGAG TTGCTAATCC TCAAAGCAAA TGCAATTACC ACAATCCTCA CTGCAGTCACATTTTGTTTT GCTTCTGGTC TCCCCCGCTC AACGATTAGG AGTTTCGTTT ACGTTAATGGTGTTAGGAGT GACGTCAGTG TAAAACAAAA CGAAGACCAG           F1----------------------    N  I  T   E  E  F AAAACATCAC TGAAGAATTTTTTTGTAGTG ACTTCTTAAA                                                 F1---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Y  Q  S  T   C  S  A   V  S  K   G  Y  L  S   A  L  R   T  G  W   Y  T  S  V   I  T  I301 TATCAATCAA CATGCAGTGC AGTTAGCAAA GGCTATCTTA GTGCTCTGAG AACTGGTTGGTATACCAGTG TTATAACTAT ATAGTTAGTT GTACGTCACG TCAATCGTTT CCGATAGAATCACGAGACTC TTGACCAACC ATATGGTCAC AATATTGATA           F1---------------------   E  L  S   N  I  K  E • AGAATTAAGT AATATCAAGGTCTTAATTCA TTATAGTTCC                                                 F1----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  N  K  C   N  G  T   D  A  K  V   K  L  I   K  Q  E   L  D  K  Y   K  N  A   V  T  E401 AAAATAAGTG TAATGGAACA GATGCTAAGG TAAAATTGAT AAAACAAGAA TTAGATAAATATAAAAATGC TGTAACAGAA TTTTATTCAC ATTACCTTGT CTACGATTCC ATTTTAACTATTTTGTTCTT AATCTATTTA TATTTTTACG ACATTGTCTT           F1---------------------  L  Q  L  L   M  Q  S • TTGCAGTTGC TCATGCAAAGAACGTCAACG AGTACGTTTC                                                 F1----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• T  P  P   T  N  N  R   A  R  R   E  L  P   R  F  M  N   Y  T  L   N  N  A   K  K  T  N501 CACACCACCA ACAAACAATC GAGCCAGAAG AGAACTACCA AGGTTTATGA ATTATACACTCAACAATGCC AAAAAAACCA GTGTGGTGGT TGTTTGTTAG CTCGGTCTTC TCTTGATGGTTCCAAATACT TAATATGTGA GTTGTTACGG TTTTTTTGGT           F1---------------------    V  T  L   S  K  K ATGTAACATT AAGCAAGAAATACATTGTAA TTCGTTCTTT      F1 -------------                                                        F2             --------------------------------------------------------------------------- R  K  R  R   F  L  G   F  L  L   G  V  G  S   A  I  A   S  G  V   A  V  S  K   V  L  H601 AGGAAAAGAA GATTTCTTGG TTTTTTGTTA GGTGTTGGAT CTGCAATCGC CAGTGGCGTTGCTGTATCTA AGGTCCTGCA TCCTTTTCTT CTAAAGAACC AAAAAACAAT CCACAACCTAGACGTTAGCG GTCACCGCAA CGACATAGAT TCCAGGACGT           F2---------------------   L  E  G   E  V  N  K • CCTAGAAGGG GAAGTGAACAGGATCTTCCC CTTCACTTGT                                                 F2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  I  K  S   A  L  L   S  T  N  K   A  V  V   S  L  S   N  G  V  S   V  L  T   S  K  V701 AGATCAAAAG TGCTCTACTA TCCACAAACA AGGCTGTAGT CAGCTTATCA AATGGAGTTAGTGTCTTAAC CAGCAAAGTG TCTAGTTTTC ACGAGATGAT AGGTGTTTGT TCCGACATCAGTCGAATAGT TTACCTCAAT CACAGAATTG GTCGTTTCAC           F2---------------------  L  D  L  K   N  Y   I • TTAGACCTCA AAAACTATATAATCTGGAGT TTTTGATATA                                                 F2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• D  K  Q   L  L  P  I   V  N  K   Q  S  C   S  I  S  N   I  E  T   V  I  E   F  Q  Q  K801 AGATAAACAA TTGTTACCTA TTGTGAACAA GCAAAGCTGC AGCATATCAA ATATAGAAACTGTGATAGAG TTCCAACAAA TCTATTTGTT AACAATGGAT AACACTTGTT CGTTTCGACGTCGTATAGTT TATATCTTTG ACACTATCTC AAGGTTGTTT           F2---------------------    N  N  R   L  L  E AGAACAACAG ACTACTAGAGTCTTGTTGTC TGATGATCTC                                                 F2---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I  T  R  E   F  S  V   N  A  G   V  T  T  P   V  S  T   Y  M  L   T  N  S  E   L  L  S901 ATTACCAGGG AATTTAGTGT TAATGCAGGT GTAACTACAC CTGTAAGCAC TTACATGTTAACTAATAGTG AATTATTGTC TAATGGTCCC TTAAATCACA ATTACGTCCA CATTGATGTGGACATTCGTG AATGTACAAT TGATTATCAC TTAATAACAG           F2---------------------   L  I  N   D  M  P  I • ATTAATCAAT GATATGCCTATAATTAGTTA CTATACGGAT                                                 F2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  T  N  D   Q  K  K   L  M  S  N   N  V  Q   I  V  R   Q  Q  S  Y   S  I  M   S  I  I1001 TAACAAATGA TCAGAAAAAG TTAATGTCCA ACAATGTTCA AATAGTTAGA CAGCAAAGTTACTCTATCAT GTCCATAATA ATTGTTTACT AGTCTTTTTC AATTACAGGT TGTTACAAGTTTATCAATCT GTCGTTTCAA TGAGATAGTA CAGGTATTAT           F2---------------------  K  E  E  V   L  A  Y • AAAGAGGAAG TCTTAGCATATTTCTCCTTC AGAATCGTAT                                                 F2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• V  V  Q   L  P  L  Y   G  V  I   D  T  P   C  W  K  L   H  T  S   P  L  C   T  T  N  T          F2 --------------------- K  E  G   S  N  I 1101 TGTAGTACAATTACCACTAT ATGGTGTTAT AGATACACCC TGTTGGAAAC TACACACATC CCCTCTATGTACAACCAACA ACATCATGTT AATGGTGATA TACCACAATA TCTATGTGGG ACAACCTTTGATGTGTGTAG GGGAGATACA TGTTGGTTGT CAAAAGAAGG GTCCAACATC GTTTTCTTCCCAGGTTGTAG                                                  F2---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C  L  T  R   T  D  R   G  W  Y   C  D  N  A   G  S  V   S  F  F   P  Q  A  E   T  C  K1201 TGTTTAACAA GAACTGACAG AGGATGGTAC TGTGACAATG CAGGATCAGT ATCTTTCTTCCCACAAGCTG AAACATGTAA ACAAATTGTT CTTGACTGTC TCCTACCATG ACACTGTTACGTCCTAGTCA TAGAAAGAAG GGTGTTCGAC TTTGTACATT           F2---------------------   V  Q  S   N  R  V  F • AGTTCAATCA AATCGAGTATTCAAGTTAGT TTAGCTCATA                                                 F2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  C  D  T   M  N  S   L  T  L  P   S  E  I   N  L  C   N  V  D  I   F  N  P   K  Y  D1301 TTTGTGACAC AATGAACAGT TTAACATTAC CAAGTGAAAT AAATCTCTGC AATGTTGACATATTCAACCC CAAATATGAT AAACACTGTG TTACTTGTCA AATTGTAATG GTTCACTTTATTTAGAGACG TTACAACTGT ATAAGTTGGG GTTTATACTA           F2---------------------  C  K  I  M   T  S  K • TGTAAAATTA TGACTTCAAAACATTTTAAT ACTGAAGTTT                                                 F2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• T  D  V   S  S  S  V   I  T  S   L  G  A   I  V  S  C   Y  G  K   T  K  C   T  A  S  N1401 AACAGATGTA AGCAGCTCCG TTATCACATC TCTAGGAGCC ATTGTGTCAT GCTATGGCAAAACTAAATGT ACAGCATCCA TTGTCTACAT TCGTCGAGGC AATAGTGTAG AGATCCTCGGTAACACAGTA CGATACCGTT TTGATTTACA TGTCGTAGGT           F2---------------------    K  N  R   G  I  I ATAAAAATCG TGGAATCATATATTTTTAGC ACCTTAGTAT                                                 F2---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- K  T  F  S   N  G  C   D  Y  V   S  N  K  G   M  D  T   V  S  V   G  N  T  L   Y  Y  V1501 AAGACATTTT CTAACGGGTG CGATTATGTA TCAAATAAAG GGATGGACAC TGTGTCTGTAGGTAACACAT TATATTATGT TTCTGTAAAA GATTGCCCAC GCTAATACAT AGTTTATTTCCCTACCTGTG ACACAGACAT CCATTGTGTA ATATAATACA           F2---------------------   N  K  Q   E  G  K  S • AAATAAGCAA GAAGGTAAAATTTATTCGTT CTTCCATTTT                                                 F2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  L  Y  V   K  G  E   P  I  I  N   F  Y  D   P  L  V   F  P  S  D   E  F  D   A  S  I1601 GTCTCTATGT AAAAGGTGAA CCAATAATAA ATTTCTATGA CCCATTAGTA TTCCCCTCTGATGAATTTGA TGCATCAATA CAGAGATACA TTTTCCACTT GGTTATTATT TAAAGATACTGGGTAATCAT AAGGGGAGAC TACTTAAACT ACGTAGTTAT           F2---------------------  S  Q  V  N   E  K  I• TCTCAAGTCA ACGAGAAGATAGAGTTCAGT TGCTCTTCTA                                      F2------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                                                                                   TMDomain                                                                                   -----• N  Q  S   L  A  F  I   R  K  S   D  E  L   L  H  N  V   N  A  G   K  S  T   T  N  I  M1701 TAACCAGAGC CTAGCATTTA TTCGTAAATC CGATGAATTA TTACATAATG TAAATGCTGGTAAATCCACC ACAAATATCA ATTGGTCTCG GATCGTAAAT AAGCATTTAG GCTACTTAATAATGTATTAC ATTTACGACC ATTTAGGTGG TGTTTATAGT       TM Domain---------------------    I  T  T   I  I  I TGATAACTAC TATAATTATAACTATTGATG ATATTAATAT                  TM Domain-------------------------------------------------                                                            CytoplasmicTail                                                 --------------------------------------- V  I  I  V   I  L  L   S  L  I   A  V  G  L   L  L  Y   C  K  A   R  S  T  P   V  T  L1801 GTGATTATAG TAATATTGTT ATCATTAATT GCTGTTGGAC TGCTCTTATA CTGTAAGGCCAGAAGCACAC CAGTCACACT CACTAATATC ATTATAACAA TAGTAATTAA CGACAACCTGACGAGAATAT GACATTCCGG TCTTCGTGTG GTCAGTGTGA   Cytoplasmic Tail---------------------   S  K  D   Q  L  S  G • AAGCAAAGAT CAACTGAGTGTTCGTTTCTA GTTGACTCAC                                                  FMDV 2A                            --------------------------------------------------------     CytoplasmicTail                                                          pre E/NS1signal----------------------------                                                        ----•  I  N  N   I  A  F   S  N  N  F   D  L  L   K  L  A   G  D  V  E   S  N  P   G  P  A1901 GTATAAATAA TATTGCATTT AGTAACAATT TTGATCTGCT CAAACTTGCA GGCGATGTAGAATCAAATCC TGGACCCGCC CATATTTATT ATAACGTAAA TCATTGTTAA AACTAGACGAGTTTGAACGT CCGCTACATC TTAGTTTAGG ACCTGGGCGG membrane domain of WNV E(split)         --------------- pre E/NS1 signal ------ R  D  R  S   I  A  L • CGGGACAGGT CCATAGCTCT GCCCTGTCCA GGTATCGAGA         Transmembrane domain of WNV E (split)------------------------------------------------------------                                                                        NS1                                                            ----------------------------• T  F  L   A  V  G  G   V  L  L   F  L  S   V  N  V  H   A  D  T   G  C  A   I  D  I  S2001 CACGTTTCTC GCAGTTGGAG GAGTTCTGCT CTTCCTCTCC GTGAACGTGC ACGCTGACACTGGGTGTGCC ATAGACATCA GTGCAAAGAG CGTCAACCTC CTCAAGACGA GAAGGAGAGGCACTTGCACG TGCGACTGTG ACCCACACGG TATCTGTAGT        NS1 -----------------  R  Q  E   L  R GCCGGCAAGA GCTGAGA CGGCCGTTCT CGACTCT PIV-WNV(ΔC)/RSV-F1 GATCCTAATA CGACTCACTA TAGAGTAGTT CGCCTGTGTG AGCTGACAAA CTTAGTAGTGTTTGTGAGGA TTAACAACAA CTAGGATTAT GCTGAGTGAT ATCTCATCAA GCGGACACACTCGACTGTTT GAATCATCAC AAACACTCCT AATTGTTGTT TTAACACAGT GCGAGCTGTTAATTGTGTCA CGCTCGACAA                                                      N-terminus of C                    --------------------------------------------------------------------                    M   S  K  K   P  G  G   P  G  K  S   R  A  V   N  M  L   K  R  G  M101 TCTTAGCACG AAGATCTCGA TGTCTAAGAA ACCAGGAGGG CCCGGCAAGA GCCGGGCTGTCAATATGCTA AAACGCGGAA AGAATCGTGC TTCTAGAGCT ACAGATTCTT TGGTCCTCCCGGGCCGTTCT CGGCCCGACA GTTATACGAT TTTGCGCCTT    N-terminus of C---------------------    P  R  V   L  S  L TGCCCCGCGT GTTGTCCTTGACGGGGCGCA CAACAGGAAC N-terminus ofC                                              F signal---------                 --------------------------------------------------------------          NS3 cleavage           ----------------- I  G  L  K   Q  K  K   R  G  G   E  L  L  I   L  K  A   N  A  I   T  T  I  L   T  A  V201 ATTGGACTTA AGCAAAAGAA GCGAGGGGGC GAGTTGCTAA TCCTCAAAGC AAATGCAATTACCACAATCC TCACTGCAGT TAACCTGAAT TCGTTTTCTT CGCTCCCCCG CTCAACGATTAGGAGTTTCG TTTACGTTAA TGGTGTTAGG AGTGACGTCA    F signal --------------                F1               -------   T  F  C   F  A  S  G •CACATTTTGT TTTGCTTCTG GTGTAAAACA AAACGAAGAC                                                 F1----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  Q  N  I   T  E  E   F  Y  Q  S   T  C  S   A  V  S   K  G  Y  L   S  A  L   R  T  G301 GTCAAAACAT CACTGAAGAA TTTTATCAAT CAACATGCAG TGCAGTTAGC AAAGGCTATCTTAGTGCTCT GAGAACTGGT CAGTTTTGTA GTGACTTCTT AAAATAGTTA GTTGTACGTCACGTCAATCG TTTCCGATAG AATCACGAGA CTCTTGACCA           F1---------------------  W  Y  T  S   V  I  T • TGGTATACCA GTGTTATAACACCATATGGT CACAATATTG                                                 F1----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  I  E  L   S  N  I  K   E  N  K   C  N  G   T  D  A  K   V  K  L   I  K  Q   E  L  D  K401 TATAGAATTA AGTAATATCA AGGAAAATAA GTGTAATGGA ACAGATGCTA AGGTAAAATTGATAAAACAA GAATTAGATA ATATCTTAAT TCATTATAGT TCCTTTTATT CACATTACCTTGTCTACGAT TCCATTTTAA CTATTTTGTT CTTAATCTAT           F1---------------------    Y  K  N   A  V  T AATATAAAAA TGCTGTAACATTATATTTTT ACGACATTGT                                                 F1---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E  L  Q  L   L  M  Q   S  T  P   P  T  N  N   R  A  R   R  E  L   P  R  F  M   N  Y  T501 GAATTGCAGT TGCTCATGCA AAGCACACCA CCAACAAACA ATCGAGCCAG AAGAGAACTACCAAGGTTTA TGAATTATAC CTTAACGTCA ACGAGTACGT TTCGTGTGGT GGTTGTTTGTTAGCTCGGTC TTCTCTTGAT GGTTCCAAAT ACTTAATATG           F1---------------------   L  N  N   A  K  K  T • ACTCAACAAT GCCAAAAAAATGAGTTGTTA CGGTTTTTTT                                                              F2                                      --------------------------------------------------                F1 --------------------------------------•  N  V  T   L  S  K   K  R  K  R   R  F  L   G  F  L   L  G  V  G   S  A  I   A  S  G601 CCAATGTAAC ATTAAGCAAG AAAAGGAAAA GAAGATTTCT TGGTTTTTTG TTAGGTGTTGGATCTGCAAT CGCCAGTGGC GGTTACATTG TAATTCGTTC TTTTCCTTTT CTTCTAAAGAACCAAAAAAC AATCCACAAC CTAGACGTTA GCGGTCACCG           F2---------------------  V  A  V  S   K  V  L • GTTGCTGTAT CTAAGGTCCTCAACGACATA GATTCCAGGA                                                 F2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  H  L  E   G  E  V  N   K  I  K   S  A  L   L  S  T  N   K  A  V   V  S  L   S  N  G  V701 GCACCTAGAA GGGGAAGTGA ACAAGATCAA AAGTGCTCTA CTATCCACAA ACAAGGCTGTAGTCAGCTTA TCAAATGGAG CGTGGATCTT CCCCTTCACT TGTTCTAGTT TTCACGAGATGATAGGTGTT TGTTCCGACA TCAGTCGAAT AGTTTACCTC           F2---------------------    S  V  L   T  S  K TTAGTGTCTT AACCAGCAAAAATCACAGAA TTGGTCGTTT                                                 F2---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- V  L  D  L   K  N  Y   I  D  K   Q  L  L  P   I  V  N   K  Q  S   C  S  I  S   N  I  E801 GTGTTAGACC TCAAAAACTA TATAGATAAA CAATTGTTAC CTATTGTGAA CAAGCAAAGCTGCAGCATAT CAAATATAGA CACAATCTGG AGTTTTTGAT ATATCTATTT GTTAACAATGGATAACACTT GTTCGTTTCG ACGTCGTATA GTTTATATCT           F2---------------------   T  V  I   E  F  Q  Q • AACTGTGATA GAGTTCCAACTTGACACTAT CTCAAGGTTG                                                 F2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  K  N  N   R  L  L   E  I  T  R   E  F  S   V  N  A   G  V  T  T   P  V  S   T  Y  M901 AAAAGAACAA CAGACTACTA GAGATTACCA GGGAATTTAG TGTTAATGCA GGTGTAACTACACCTGTAAG CACTTACATG TTTTCTTGTT GTCTGATGAT CTCTAATGGT CCCTTAAATCACAATTACGT CCACATTGAT GTGGACATTC GTGAATGTAC           F2---------------------  L  T  N  S   E  L  L • TTAACTAATA GTGAATTATTAATTGATTAT CACTTAATAA                                                 F2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• S  L  I   N  D  M  P   I  T  N   D  Q  K   K  L  M  S   N  N  V   Q  I  V   R  Q  Q  S1001 GTCATTAATC AATGATATGC CTATAACAAA TGATCAGAAA AAGTTAATGT CCAACAATGTTCAAATAGTT AGACAGCAAA CAGTAATTAG TTACTATACG GATATTGTTT ACTAGTCTTTTTCAATTACA GGTTGTTACA AGTTTATCAA TCTGTCGTTT           F2---------------------   Y  S  I   M  S  I GTTACTCTAT CATGTCCATACAATGAGATA GTACAGGTAT                                                 F2---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I  K  E  E   V  L  A   Y  V  V   Q  L  P  L  Y  G  V   I  D  T   P  C  W  K   L  H  T1101 ATAAAAGAGG AAGTCTTAGC ATATGTAGTA CAATTACCAC TATATGGTGT TATAGATACACCCTGTTGGA AACTACACAC TATTTTCTCC TTCAGAATCG TATACATCAT GTTAATGGTGATATACCACA ATATCTATGT GGGACAACCT TTGATGTGTG           F2---------------------   S  P  L   C  T  T  N • ATCCCCTCTA TGTACAACCATAGGGGAGAT ACATGTTGGT                                                 F2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  T  K  E   G  S  N   I  C  L  T   R  T  D   R  G  W   Y  C  D  N   A  G  S   V  S  F1201 ACACAAAAGA AGGGTCCAAC ATCTGTTTAA CAAGAACTGA CAGAGGATGG TACTGTGACAATGCAGGATC AGTATCTTTC TGTGTTTTCT TCCCAGGTTG TAGACAAATT GTTCTTGACTGTCTCCTACC ATGACACTGT TACGTCCTAG TCATAGAAAG           F2---------------------  F  P  Q  A   E  T  C • TTCCCACAAG CTGAAACATGAAGGGTGTTC GACTTTGTAC                                                 F2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• K  V  Q   S  N  R  V   F  C  D   T  M  N   S  L  T  L   P  S  E   I  N  L   C  N  V  D1301 TAAAGTTCAA TCAAATCGAG TATTTTGTGA CACAATGAAC AGTTTAACAT TACCAAGTGAAATAAATCTC TGCAATGTTG ATTTCAAGTT AGTTTAGCTC ATAAAACACT GTGTTACTTGTCAAATTGTA ATGGTTCACT TTATTTAGAG ACGTTACAAC           F2---------------------   I  F  N   P  K  Y ACATATTCAA CCCCAAATATTGTATAAGTT GGGGTTTATA                                                 F2---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D  C  K  I   M  T  S   K  T  D   V  S  S  S   V  I  T   S  L  G   A  I  V  S   C  Y  G1401 GATTGTAAAA TTATGACTTC AAAAACAGAT GTAAGCAGCT CCGTTATCAC ATCTCTAGGAGCCATTGTGT CATGCTATGG CTAACATTTT AATACTGAAG TTTTTGTCTA CATTCGTCGAGGCAATAGTG TAGAGATCCT CGGTAACACA GTACGATACC           F2---------------------   K  T  K   C  T  A  S • CAAAACTAAA TGTACAGCATGTTTTGATTT ACATGTCGTA                                                 F2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  N  K  N   R  G  I   I  K  T  F   S  N  G   C  D  Y   V  S  N  K   G  M  D   T  V  S1501 CCAATAAAAA TCGTGGAATC ATAAAGACAT TTTCTAACGG GTGCGATTAT GTATCAAATAAAGGGATGGA CACTGTGTCT GGTTATTTTT AGCACCTTAG TATTTCTGTA AAAGATTGCCCACGCTAATA CATAGTTTAT TTCCCTACCT GTGACACAGA           F2---------------------  V  G  N  T   L  Y  Y • GTAGGTAACA CATTATATTACATCCATTGT GTAATATAAT                                                 F2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• V  N  K   Q  E  G  K   S  L  Y   V  K  G   E  P  I  I   N  F  Y   D  P  L   V  F  P  S1601 TGTAAATAAG CAAGAAGGTA AAAGTCTCTA TGTAAAAGGT GAACCAATAA TAAATTTCTATGACCCATTA GTATTCCCCT ACATTTATTC GTTCTTCCAT TTTCAGAGAT ACATTTTCCACTTGGTTATT ATTTAAAGAT ACTGGGTAAT CATAAGGGGA           F2---------------------    D  E  F   D  A  S CTGATGAATT TGATGCATCAGACTACTTAA ACTACGTAGT                                                 F2---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I  S  Q  V   N  E  K   I  N  Q   S  L  A  F   I  R  K   S  D  E   L  L  H  N   V  N  A1701 ATATCTCAAG TCAACGAGAA GATTAACCAG AGCCTAGCAT TTATTCGTAAATCCGATGAATTATTACATA ATGTAAATGC TATAGAGTTC AGTTGCTCTT CTAATTGGTCTCGGATCGTA AATAAGCATT TAGGCTACTT AATAATGTAT TACATTTACG         F2--------------------                      TM Domain                     -   G  K  S   T  T  N  I • TGGTAAATCC ACCACAAATAACCATTTAGG TGGTGTTTAT                              TM Domain--------------------------------------------------------------------------                                                                         CytoplasmicTail                                                                          --------------•  M  I  T   T  I  I   I  V  I  I   V  I  L   L  S  L   I  A  V  G   L  L  L   Y  C  K1801 TCATGATAAC TACTATAATT ATAGTGATTA TAGTAATATT GTTATCATTA ATTGCTGTTGGACTGCTCTT ATACTGTAAG AGTACTATTG ATGATATTAA TATCACTAAT ATCATTATAACAATAGTAAT TAACGACAAC CTGACGAGAA TATGACATTC    Cytoplasmic Tail---------------------  A  R  S  T   P  V  T • GCCAGAAGCA CACCAGTCACCGGTCTTCGT GTGGTCAGTG                                                                 FMDV 2A                                                     -----------------------------------                Cytoplasmic Tail-----------------------------------------------------• L  S  K   D  Q  L  S   G  I  N   N  I  A   F  S  N  N   F  D  L   L  K  L   A  G  D  V1901 ACTAAGCAAA GATCAACTGA GTGGTATAAA TAATATTGCA TTTAGTAACA ATTTTGATCTGCTCAAACTT GCAGGCGATG TGATTCGTTT CTAGTTGACT CACCATATTT ATTATAACGTAAATCATTGT TAAAACTAGA CGAGTTTGAA CGTCCGCTAC       FMDV 2A---------------------    E  S  N   P  G  P TAGAATCAAA TCCTGGACCCATCTTAGTTT AGGACCTGGG                                                                       prM                                                           -----------------------------                     C/prM signal----------------------------------------------------------- G  G  K  T   G  I  A   V  M  I   G  L  I  A   C  V  G   A  V  T   L  S  N  F   Q  G  K2001 GGAGGAAAGA CCGGTATTGC AGTCATGATT GGCCTGATCG CCTGCGTAGG AGCAGTTACCCTCTCTAACT TCCAAGGGAA CCTCCTTTCT GGCCATAACG TCAGTACTAA CCGGACTAGCGGACGCATCC TCGTCAATGG GAGAGATTGA AGGTTCCCTT           prM---------------------   V  M  M   T  V  N  A • GGTGATGATG ACGGTAAATGCCACTACTAC TGCCATTTAC                                                prM----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  T  D  V   T  D  V   I  T  I  P   T  A  A   G  K  N   L  C  I  V   R  A  M   D  V  G2101 CTACTGACGT CACAGATGTC ATCACGATTC CAACAGCTGC TGGAAAGAAC CTATGCATTGTCAGAGCAAT GGATGTGGGA GATGACTGCA GTGTCTACAG TAGTGCTAAG GTTGTCGACGACCTTTCTTG GATACGTAAC AGTCTCGTTA CCTACACCCT           prM---------------------  Y  M  C  D   D  T  I • TACATGTGCG ATGATACTATATGTACACGC TACTATGATA                                                prM----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• T  Y  E   C  P  V  L   S  A  G   N  D  P   E  D  I  D   C  W  C   T  K  S   A  V  Y  V2201 CACTTATGAA TGCCCAGTGC TGTCGGCTGG TAATGATCCA GAAGACATCG ACTGTTGGTGCACAAAGTCA GCAGTCTACG GTGAATACTT ACGGGTCACG ACAGCCGACC ATTACTAGGTCTTCTGTAGC TGACAACCAC GTGTTTCAGT CGTCAGATGC           prM---------------------    R  Y  G   R  C  T TCAGGTATGG AAGATGCACCAGTCCATACC TTCTACGTGG                                                prM---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- K  T  R  H   S  R  R   S  R  R   S  L  T  V   Q  T  H   G  E  S   T  L  A  N   K  K  G2301 AAGACACGCC ACTCAAGACG CAGTCGGAGG TCACTGACAG TGCAGACACA CGGAGAAAGCACTCTAGCGA ACAAGAAGGG TTCTGTGCGG TGAGTTCTGC GTCAGCCTCC AGTGACTGTCACGTCTGTGT GCCTCTTTCG TGAGATCGCT TGTTCTTCCC           prM---------------------   A  W  M   D  S  T  K • GGCTTGGATG GACAGCACCACCGAACCTAC CTGTCGTGGT                                                prM----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  A  T  R   Y  L  V   K  T  E  S   W  I  L   R  N  P   G  Y  A  L   V  A  A   V  I  G2401 AGGCCACAAG GTATTTGGTA AAAACAGAAT CATGGATCTT GAGGAACCCT GGATATGCCCTGGTGGCAGC CGTCATTGGT TCCGGTGTTC CATAAACCAT TTTTGTCTTA GTACCTAGAACTCCTTGGGA CCTATACGGG ACCACCGTCG GCAGTAACCA           prM---------------------  W  M  L  G   S  N  T • TGGATGCTTG GGAGCAACACACCTACGAAC CCTCGTTGTG                                                prM----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• M  Q  R   V  V  F  V   V  L  L   L  L  V   A  P  A  Y   S  F  N   C  L  G   M  S  N  R2501 CATGCAGAGA GTTGTGTTTG TCGTGCTATT GCTTTTGGTG GCCCCAGCTT ACAGCTTTAACTGCCTTGGA ATGAGCAACA GTACGTCTCT CAACACAAAC AGCACGATAA CGAAAACCACCGGGGTCGAA TGTCGAAATT GACGGAACCT TACTCGTTGT           prM---------------------    D  F  L   E  G  V GAGACTTCTT GGAAGGAGTGCTCTGAAGAA CCTTCCTCAC                                      prM-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------                                                                                      E                                                                                     --- S  G  A  T   W  V  D   L  V  L   E  G  D  S   C  V  T   I  M  S   K  D  K  P   T  I  D2601 TCTGGAGCAA CATGGGTGGA TTTGGTTCTC GAAGGCGACA GCTGCGTGAC TATCATGTCTAAGGACAAGC CTACCATCGA AGACCTCGTT GTACCCACCT AAACCAAGAG CTTCCGCTGTCGACGCACTG ATAGTACAGA TTCCTGTTCG GATGGTAGCT           E---------------------   V  K  M   M  N  M  E • TGTGAAGATG ATGAATATGGACACTTCTAC TACTTATACC                                                  E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  A  A  N   L  A  E   V  R  S  Y   C  Y  L   A  T  V   S  D  L  S   T  K  A   A  C  P2701 AGGCGGCCAA CCTGGCAGAG GTCCGCAGTT ATTGCTATTT GGCTACCGTC AGCGATCTCTCCACCAAAGC TGCGTGCCCG TCCGCCGGTT GGACCGTCTC CAGGCGTCAA TAACGATAAACCGATGGCAG TCGCTAGAGA GGTGGTTTCG ACGCACGGGC           E---------------------  A  M  G  E   A  H  N • GCCATGGGAG AAGCTCACAACGGTACCCTC TTCGAGTGTT                                                  E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• D  K  R   A  D  P  A   F  V  C   R  Q  G   V  V  D  R   G  W  G   N  G  C   G  L  F  G2801 TGACAAACGT GCTGACCCAG CTTTTGTGTG CAGACAAGGA GTGGTGGACA GGGGCTGGGGCAACGGCTGC GGACTATTTG ACTGTTTGCA CGACTGGGTC GAAAACACAC GTCTGTTCCTCACCACCTGT CCCCGACCCC GTTGCCGACG CCTGATAAAC           E---------------------    K  G  S   I  D  T GCAAAGGAAG CATTGACACACGTTTCCTTC GTAACTGTGT                                                  E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C  A  K  F   A  C  S   T  K  A   I  G  R  T   I  L  K   E  N  I   K  Y  E  V   A  I  F2901 TGCGCCAAAT TTGCCTGCTC TACCAAGGCA ATAGGAAGAA CCATTTTGAA AGAGAATATCAAGTACGAAG TGGCCATTTT ACGCGGTTTA AACGGACGAG ATGGTTCCGT TATCCTTCTTGGTAAAACTT TCTCTTATAG TTCATGCTTC ACCGGTAAAA           E---------------------   V  H  G   P  T  T  V • TGTCCATGGA CCAACTACTGACAGGTACCT GGTTGATGAC                                                  E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  E  S  H   G  N  Y   S  T  Q  V   G  A  T   Q  A  G   R  F  S  I   T  P  A   A  P  S3001 TGGAGTCGCA CGGAAACTAC TCCACACAGG TTGGAGCCAC TCAGGCAGGG AGATTCAGCATCACTCCTGC GGCGCCTTCA ACCTCAGCGT GCCTTTGATG AGGTGTGTCC AACCTCGGTGAGTCCGTCCC TCTAAGTCGT AGTGAGGACG CCGCGGAAGT           E---------------------  Y  T  L  K   L  G  E • TACACACTAA AGCTTGGAGAATGTGTGATT TCGAACCTCT                                                  E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• Y  G  E   V  T  V  D   C  E  P   R  S  G   I  D  T  N   A  Y  Y   V  M  T   V  G  T  K3101 ATATGGAGAG GTGACAGTGG ACTGTGAACC ACGGTCAGGG ATTGACACCA ATGCATACTACGTGATGACT GTTGGAACAA TATACCTCTC CACTGTCACC TGACACTTGG TGCCAGTCCCTAACTGTGGT TACGTATGAT GCACTACTGA CAACCTTGTT           E---------------------    T  F  L   V  H  R AGACGTTCTT GGTCCATCGTTCTGCAAGAA CCAGGTAGCA                                                  E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E  W F M   D  L  N   L  P  W   S  S  A  G   S  T  V   W  R  N   R  E  T  L   M  E  F3201 GAGTGGTTCA TGGACCTCAA CCTCCCTTGG AGCAGTGCTG GAAGTACTGT GTGGAGGAACAGAGAGACGT TAATGGAGTT CTCACCAAGT ACCTGGAGTT GGAGGGAACC TCGTCACGACCTTCATGACA CACCTCCTTG TCTCTCTGCA ATTACCTCAA           E---------------------   E  E  P   H  A  T  K • TGAGGAACCA CACGCCACGAACTCCTTGGT GTGCGGTGCT                                                  E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  Q  S  V   I  A  L   G  S  Q  E   G  A  L   H  Q  A   L  A  G  A   I  P  V   E  F  S3301 AGCAGTCTGT GATAGCATTG GGCTCACAAG AGGGAGCTCT GCATCAAGCT TTGGCTGGAGCCATTCCTGT GGAATTTTCA TCGTCAGACA CTATCGTAAC CCGAGTGTTC TCCCTCGAGACGTAGTTCGA AACCGACCTC GGTAAGGACA CCTTAAAAGT           E--------------------  S  N  T  V   K  L  T • AGCAACACTG TCAAGTTGACTCGTTGTGAC AGTTCAACTG                                                  E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• S  G  H   L  K  C  R   V  K  M   E  K  L   Q  L  K  G   T  T  Y   G  V  C   S  K  A  F3401 GTCGGGTCAT TTGAAGTGTA GAGTGAAGAT GGAAAAATTG CAGTTGAAGG GAACAACCTATGGCGTCTGT TCAAAGGCTT CAGCCCAGTA AACTTCACAT CTCACTTCTA CCTTTTTAACGTCAACTTCC CTTGTTGGAT ACCGCAGACA AGTTTCCGAA           E---------------------    K  F  L   G  T  P TCAAGTTTCT TGGGACTCCCAGTTCAAAGA ACCCTGAGGG                                                  E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A  D  T  G   H  G  T   V  V  L   E  L  Q  Y   T  G  T   D  G  P   C  K  V  P   I  S  S3501 GCAGACACAG GTCACGGCAC TGTGGTGTTG GAATTGCAGT ACACTGGCAC GGATGGACCTTGCAAAGTTC CTATCTCGTC CGTCTGTGTC CAGTGCCGTG ACACCACAAC CTTAACGTCATGTGACCGTG CCTACCTGGA ACGTTTCAAG GATAGAGCAG           E---------------------   V  A  S   L  N  D  L • AGTGGCTTCA TTGAACGACCTCACCGAAGT AACTTGCTGG                                                  E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  T  P  V   G  R  L   V  T V  N   P  F  V   S  V  A   T  A  N  A   K  V  L   I  E  L3601 TAACGCCAGT GGGCAGATTG GTCACTGTCA ACCCTTTTGT TTCAGTGGCC ACGGCCAACGCTAAGGTCCT GATTGAATTG ATTGCGGTCA CCCGTCTAAC CAGTGACAGT TGGGAAAACAAAGTCACCGG TGCCGGTTGC GATTCCAGGA CTAACTTAAC           E---------------------  E  P  P  F   G  D  S • GAACCACCCT TTGGAGACTCCTTGGTGGGA AACCTCTGAG                                                  E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• Y  I  V   V  G  R  G   E  Q  Q   I  N  H   H  W  H  K   S  G  S   S  I  G   K  A  F  T3701 ATACATAGTG GTGGGCAGAG GAGAACAACA GATCAATCAC CACTGGCACA AGTCTGGAAGCAGCATTGGC AAAGCCTTTA TATGTATCAC CACCCGTCTC CTCTTGTTGT CTAGTTAGTGGTGACCGTGT TCAGACCTTC GTCGTAACCG TTTCGGAAAT           E---------------------    T  T  L   K  G  A CAACCACCCT CAAAGGAGCGGTTGGTGGGA GTTTCCTCGC                                                  E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Q  R  L  A   A  L  G   D  T  A   W  D  F  G   S  V  G   G  V  F   T  S  V  G   K  A  V3801 CAGAGACTAG CCGCTCTAGG AGACACAGCT TGGGACTTTG GATCAGTTGG AGGGGTGTTCACCTCAGTTG GGAAGGCTGT GTCTCTGATC GGCGAGATCC TCTGTGTCGA ACCCTGAAACCTAGTCAACC TCCCCACAAG TGGAGTCAAC CCTTCCGACA           E---------------------   H  Q  V   F  G  G  A • CCATCAAGTG TTCGGAGGAGGGTAGTTCAC AAGCCTCCTC                                                  E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------•  F  R  S   L  F  G   G  M  S  W   I  T  Q   G  L  L   G  A  L  L   L  W  M   G  I  N3901 CATTCCGCTC ACTGTTCGGA GGCATGTCCT GGATAACGCA AGGATTGCTG GGGGCTCTCCTGTTGTGGAT GGGCATCAAT GTAAGGCGAG TGACAAGCCT CCGTACAGGA CCTATTGCGTTCCTAACGAC CCCCGAGAGG ACAACACCTA CCCGTAGTTA           E---------------------  A  R  D  R   S  I  A • GCTCGTGACA GGTCCATAGCCGAGCACTGT CCAGGTATCG                                                                          NS1                                                               -------------------------                                E---------------------------------------------------------------• L  T  F   L  A  V  G   G  V  L   L  F  L   S  V  N  V   H  A  D   T  G  C   A  I D  I4001 TCTCACGTTT CTCGCAGTTG GAGGAGTTCT GCTCTTCCTC TCCGTGAACG TGCACGCTGACACTGGGTGT GCCATAGACA AGAGTGCAAA GAGCGTCAAC CTCCTCAAGA CGAGAAGGAGAGGCACTTGC ACGTGCGACT GTGACCCACA CGGTATCTGT          NS1---------------------    S  R  Q   E  L  R TCAGCCGGCA AGAGCTGAGAAGTCGGCCGT TCTCGACTCT

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Various modifications and variations of the described viruses, vectors,compositions, and methods of the invention will be apparent to thoseskilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of theinvention. Although the invention has been described in connection withspecific embodiments, it should be understood that the invention asclaimed should not be unduly limited to such specific embodiments.Indeed, various modifications of the described modes for carrying outthe invention that are obvious to those skilled in the fields ofmedicine, pharmacology, or related fields are intended to be within thescope of the invention. Use of singular forms herein, such as “a” and“the,” does not exclude indication of the corresponding plural form,unless the context indicates to the contrary. Similarly, use of pluralterms does not exclude indication of a corresponding singular form.Other embodiments are within the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A replication-deficient pseudoinfectiousflavivirus comprising (i) a flavivirus genome comprising sequencesencoding West Nile virus capsid and non-structural proteins andtick-borne encephalitis virus pre-membrane and envelope sequences, and(ii) a capsid/pre-membrane signal sequence of tick-borne encephalitisvirus, wherein the sequences encoding the West Nile virus capsid proteincomprises one or more deletions or mutations.
 2. Thereplication-deficient pseudoinfectious flavivirus of claim 1, furthercomprising a capsid protein provided in trans.
 3. Thereplication-deficient pseudoinfectious flavivirus of claim 2, whereinthe capsid protein is a West Nile virus capsid protein.
 4. Thereplication-deficient pseudoinfectious flavivirus of claim 2, whereinthe capsid protein is produced in a packaging cell line.
 5. Thereplication-deficient pseudoinfectious flavivirus of claim 1, whereinthe capsid protein is encoded on a second flavivirus genome comprisingone or more deletions or mutations.
 6. The replication-deficientpseudoinfectious flavivirus of claim 1, wherein said tick-borneencephalitis virus is the Hypr strain.
 7. A pharmaceutical compositioncomprising the replication-deficient pseudoinfectious flavivirus ofclaim 1.